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Suspected Robber Shot In Back Of The Yards

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was shot while robbing someone Friday evening in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.

The 23-year-old showed up at Mercy Hospital about 5:45 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds, police said.

Investigators think he was wounded when carrying out a robbery about 15 minutes earlier in the 4800 block of South Wolcott, police said.

He was transferred to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2017. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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