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Doctors used a spinal anesthetic to numb the patient from the chest down, eliminating the use of narcotics and general anesthesia, cutting recovery time. The patient, John Nicholas, was released within 24 hours of the procedure.
Officers responded to reports of a person shot in the 3300 block of South Roosevelt Road about 9:15 p.m. Sunday and found a 24-year-old man who had been shot several times, police said.
Officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 2800 block of South Kedzie Avenue Sunday evening and found a 23-year-old man who told them he had exchanged gunfire with others, police said.
An 11-year-old boy was hit by an eastbound SUV in the 5200 block of West 31st Street about 8:18 p.m. Sunday, police said. The driver was cited.