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Man shot in West Pullman

By Nader Issa

Police investigate a shooting about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, August 18, 2018 in the 11600 block of South Yale Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

A man was wounded Friday night in a West Pullman neighborhood shooting on the Far South Side.

The 23-year-old was walking down the street about 10:35 p.m. when someone walked up to him and shot him in the leg in the 11600 block of South Yale, Chicago police said.

His condition stabilized at Metro South Medical Center in Blue Island.

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