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By Peter Nickeas Tribune reporter
10:17 a.m. CDT, July 28, 2012
A man was apparently caught by a rival gang member who shot him in the head as he tagged a wall on 22nd Place, just west of California Avenue early Saturday morning, according to police.
The man, one of at least seven people shot overnight, was in extremely critical condition when taken to Mount Sinai Hospital a few blocks north on California Avenue. An evidence technician recovered a can of black paint that fell under a car and the smell of the paint lingered on the wall Saturday morning.
The stretch of 22nd Place between California Avenue and Marshall Boulevard is the territory of one gang, neighbors said. West of Marshall is another gang, and east of California is the turf of a third gang. The graffiti on the wall indicated its writer was disrespecting two of the gangs on both sides.
Two neighbors stood outside the crime scene, both awakened by the sound of four or five gunshots ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-3-wounded-in-separate-attacks-across-city-20120728,0,5128651.story