Officers responded to the first block of West Illinois Street at about 3:08 a.m. and found a man with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and torso, police said.
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The victim was unable to communicate and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, police said.
Further details on the shooting were not immediately available.
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Area Three detectives are investigating. No one is in custody.