Teen wounded in Roseland shooting

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A man was wounded in a shooting Saturday evening in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.

About 4:25 p.m., the 18-year-old was standing in the 10700 block of South Prairie Avenue when a dark SUV pulled up and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said.

He was struck in his left thigh and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition stabilized, according to police. No one was in custody.

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