Man, 23, shot in leg in drive-by in Austin

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A 23-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot in the right leg in a drive-by shooting Saturday night in Austin.

The man was shot by someone who drove past as he stood in the 5100 block of West Chicago Avenue around 9 p.m., according to the police.

He was being treated at Mount Sinai Hospital.

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