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Man, 19, shot while walking in West Elsdon

By Alice Yin

screen_shot_2018_10_03_at_6_34_16_pm_e1538609747269.png — Intersection of Pulaski and 54th | Google Maps

A young man was wounded Wednesday afternoon from a South Side shooting in the West Elsdon neighborhood.

The 19-year-old was walking at 3:38 p.m. down the 4000 block of West 54th Street when a male approached him and shot his upper left leg, according to Chicago police.

He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition, police said. Area Central detectives were investigating.

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