Man shot, wounded in Chicago's Avalon Park neighborhood
A man was wounded in a shooting in Chicago's Avalon Park neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
At 1:30 p.m., the 32-year-old man was shot in the back in the 1600 block of East 82nd Street, near Stony Island Avenue, police said.
The victim then got in a red car and hit a steel beam in the 7900 block of South Stony Island Avenue. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition.
Police were seen investigating in the area of the Chicago Skyway overpass over Stony Island Avenue.
Belmont Area detectives were investigating.
