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Man Shot During Carjacking Attempt On South Side

(STMW) -- A man in his 50s was shot multiple times during an attempted carjacking Thursday evening on the South Side.

The man was shot twice in the arm and once in the leg by a gunman who tried to steal his car about 6 p.m. near East 79th Street and South Ingleside Avenue, police said.

Paramedics took the man to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County with "trauma."

Area South detectives are investigating.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2013. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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