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Hanover Park police investigating shooting of man

Hanover Park police are investigating the Friday afternoon shooting of a 19-year-old man who has been released from the hospital.

Officers responded to a report of a shooting at 3:50 p.m. Oct. 13 outside on the 5500 block of Santa Cruz Drive, where they found the victim with non-life-threatening injuries, Deputy Police Chief Andrew Johnson said.

No one is in custody, but investigators don't believe the injured man to have been a random victim, Johnson added.

Police have released no other details of the victim's identity, including his hometown.

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