Security guard shot, critically hurt in Chicago's Washington Heights
A security guard was critically wounded after being shot on Tuesday afternoon on the city's South Side.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. in the 9400 block of South Ashland Avenue in the Washington Heights neighborhood.
Chicago police said that a 32-year-old man was in a parking lot when he was approached by a known person who pulled out a gun and shot him in the abdomen.
The victim was taken to Christ Hospital in critical condition.
Police said that a handgun was recovered from the scene.
No further information was immediately released.
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