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Chicago crime numbers down compared to last year: CPD
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown says the strategy used to put officers on the streets is working, according to the numbers and the homicide clearance that is now at 65-percent.
CHICAGO - A man was shot in the buttocks and hand Thursday afternoon after meeting up with the suspects to purchase an item from them on Chicago's South Side.
The shooting occurred in the 200 block of West 107th Street.
At about 5:35 p.m., a 48-year-old man was meeting up with unknown offenders to purchase an item from them.
The offenders announced a robbery, and the victim began to flee.
The offenders then produced a gun and fired shots at the victim.
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He was struck in the right buttocks and the right hand.
Police say the victim was transported to the hospital in good condition.
No suspects are currently in custody.