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Southwest Side Chicago shooting leaves 2 men wounded

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two men were shot and wounded Friday afternoon in the Southwest Side's Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

At 4:02 p.m., the men— ages 29 and 36—were approached by several other men inside a vehicle in the 2400 block of West 63rd Street, police said.

The men in the vehicle pulled out guns and shot both victims, police said.

The 29-year-old man was shot in the left thigh and buttocks and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, while the 36-year-old man was shot in the left thigh and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.

Crime scene tape was set up in front of Premium Food & Liquor at 63rd Street and Artesian Avenue following the shooting.

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No one was in custody late Friday. Wentworth Area detectives were investigating.

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