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Man Critically Wounded In Back Of The Yards Shooting

CHICAGO (STMW) -- An assailant shot a man in the chest Sunday morning in the Back of the Yards neighbhorhood Sunday morning on the South Side.

It happened at 7:25 a.m. in the 4600 block of South Paulina Street, according to police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez.

The 30-year-old man was taken in critical condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Quention Curtis.

Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2010. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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