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Man crashes into pole after Morgan Park shooting

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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Chicago police investigate the scene where a man was shot Sunday morning in the 12200 block of South Ada Avenue. | Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

A man was shot and wounded while he was driving early Sunday in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.

About 12:22 a.m., the 33-year-old was driving east near the 11200 block of South Ada Street when someone fired shots, Chicago police said. He crashed his vehicle into a utility pole before stopping in a front yard.

The suffered a gunshot wound to his left armpit and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition stabilized, according to police. No one was in custody.

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