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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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5 seriously wounded in South Austin shooting: police

Five people were seriously wounded Sunday morning in a shooting on the Northwest Side. | Sun-Times file

Five people were shot and seriously wounded Sunday morning in South Austin on the Northwest Side, authorities said.

Three men and two women were sitting on a porch about 3:05 a.m. in the 900 block of North Massasoit Avenue when a white SUV stopped and two males opened fire, Chicago police said.

A 20-year-old man was struck twice in his leg and once in his arm and was taken to the Loyola University Medical Center, where he was in serious condition, police said.

A man, 18, was struck in his back and a woman, 41 was shot in her leg, police said. Both were taken to Stroger Hospital, where they were in serious condition, police said.

A 42-year-old man and 47-year-old woman were both shot in the left thigh, and also taken to Stroger, where they were listed in serious condition, police said.

No one was in custody.

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