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A 25-year-old man was shot and seriously wounded this afternoon in the Hermosa neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

Someone shot him in the back about 2 p.m. in the 4300 block of West Armitage Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer Joshua Purkiss.

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Paramedics responded to the 4400 block of West Armitage and took the victim in serious condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Kevin MacGregor.
 
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