Chicago police hear shots fired while on patrol in Grand Crossing, find man with gunshot wound

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CHICAGO - Chicago police officers who were out on patrol in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on Sunday night heard gunshots and found a man who'd been shot in the leg.

Chicago police said the shots were fired at 79th and Drexel. Police doubled back and found a man, 42, with a gunshot would to the knee and two handguns nearby.

The man was hospitalized in good condition.

No one is in custody.

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