82-year-old man grazed by bullet in North Austin, Chicago police say

Saturday, April 2, 2022
CHICAGO (WLS) -- An 82-year-old man was grazed by a bullet Saturday in the city's North Austin neighborhood.

Police said the man was on the sidewalk around 2:15 p.m. in the 1700 block N Monitor Ave when he was grazed in his right leg by an unknown offender.

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The man was transported to West Suburban Hospital in good condition.

Area Five Detectives are investigating.
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About an hour later, another man, also in his 80's, was also critically wounded in a shooting on the South Side in the Back of the Yard neighborhood, police said.

The incidents are not related.
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