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Man shot in building on Michigan Avenue near Roosevelt Road

52-year-old man shot near South Loop parking garage 01:26

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was shot and wounded in a building near Roosevelt Road and Michigan Avenue in the South Loop Monday afternoon.

At 2:56 p.m., the man was inside a building in the 1200 block of South Michigan Avenue when another man took out a gun and shot him, police said.

The victim was shot in the leg and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition.

The suspected gunman was taken into custody and the gun was recovered, police said. 

First responders also requested an ambulance for the suspected gunman, who was described on dispatch radio as being covered in blood and having suffered bruising.

Charges were pending late Monday.  

The shooting happened on a bustling block in the South Loop. Crime scene tape cordoned off a parking garage.

A lot of people working in the area were surprised to hear about a shooting, as well as disappointed.    

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