Woman standing on sidewalk in Logan Square is shot in the legs

A woman was wounded in a shooting Saturday in Logan Square on the Northwest Side.

She was on the sidewalk about 7:10 p.m. in the 1900 block of North Spaulding Avenue when someone opened fire, striking her in the legs, Chicago police said.

The 31-year-old was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in fair condition, police said.

Area Five detectives are investigating.

Hours earlier, a 53-year-old man was shot and killed blocks away in a separate incident.

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Retired Chicago firefighter killed while exchanging gunfire with would-be carjackers on Far South Side: police

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