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By Andrew L. Wang


An early-morning shooting by two masked gunmen at a house party on the South Side left two men in critical condition and injured four others, police said Sunday.

About 100 people were at the party in the basement of a two story residence in the 7900 block of South Woodlawn Avenue at about 5:30 a.m. when the men-armed with "semiautomatic weapons"-kicked down the front door and opened fire, said Chicago Police Spokeswoman Monique Bond.

The victims were all men and were between the ages of 19 and 35, she said.

The two most seriously injured victims were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, said Chicago Fire Department Spokesman Larry Langford. Both had been shot in the chest and were in critical condition.

Two other men were taken to Jackson Park Hospital and another to South Shore Hospital with minor gunshot wounds.

Langford did not have information about a sixth victim.

Bond said no one has been arrested in the shooting and police continue to investigate.