Eight people were wounded in separate shootings Wednesday across Chicago.
Most recently, a man was shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The 20-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 4600 block of West Washington about 10:35 p.m. when he heard gunshots and felt pain, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to his buttocks. His condition had stabilized.
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About 5 p.m., a man was shot in the West Elsdon neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The man, 20, was shot in the leg in the 3700 block of West 59th Street, police said. The shooting may have been a drive-by. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in fair condition.