A 34-year-old man was injured in what authorities believe was a potential robbery attempt in the South Loop in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The incident took place at approximately 4:40 a.m. on November 23 in a parking lot located on the 1900 block of South Wabash Avenue. The victim was sitting inside a parked vehicle when four individuals approached in a black Jeep Cherokee with tinted windows and opened fire towards him, hitting him in the right arm and shoulder.
The driver of the vehicle quickly fled the scene and managed to flag down a Chicago police officer near Jackson Boulevard and Columbus Drive a few minutes later. The officer acted swiftly, applying a tourniquet and QuickClot to control the victim’s bleeding before he was transported to Northwestern Hospital. Fortunately, the victim was listed in stable condition upon arrival at the hospital.
The Chicago Police Department has not provided any descriptions of the suspects involved in the shooting.
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