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Man Shot Multiple Times, Gravely Wounded In Washington Heights

CHICAGO (STMW) -- A man was gravely wounded after a shooting in a barber shop early Saturday in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the South Side.

The 34-year-old man was shot about 2:45 a.m. when a male opened fire in a barber shop in the 9000 block of South Ashland Avenue, said police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer.

He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen, legs and groin, Greer said. He was listed in grave condition.

No one is in custody as Area South detectives investigate.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2014. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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