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Man Shot While Headed Down Lake Shore Drive Downtown

UPDATED 06/10/11 8:59 a.m.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was shot and wounded early Friday while headed down Lake Shore Drive, at the northern cusp of Grant Park downtown.

The shooting happened around 3:40 a.m., as three people headed south on Lake Shore Drive near Randolph Drive. The occupants of the vehicle all heard gunshots, police said.

A 42-year-old man in the car was wounded in the buttocks, and was treated and released from Rush University Medical Center, police said.

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The car was left with several bullet holes, and the windows were shattered.

The victims said the shots came from someone inside a dark-colored sport-utility vehicle, police said.

No one was in custody in the shooting as of Friday morning.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

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