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1 Fatally Shot, Another Wounded Leaving Club

CHICAGO (STMW) - One man was fatally shot and another wounded while exiting a West Side club early Sunday in the Garfield Park neighborhood.

The men were exiting a club in the 3800 block of West Madison Street when shots were fired about 1:50 a.m., police said.

A 22-year-old man was shot in the head and taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. He was pronounced dead at the hospital at 2:55 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office, which was not releasing his identity pending family notification.

A 24-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to Loretto Hospital in "stable" condition, police said.

A description of the gunman was not immediately available.

Harrison Area detectives are investigating, but nobody is in custody early Sunday.

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