COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — An Indiana man was held on $450,000 bail Tuesday following a Grand Crossing shooting.
Cornell Wyrick, 24, is charged with aggravated battery by discharging a firearm in the Sunday attack, which happened about 10:15 p.m. in the 7200 block of South Prairie Avenue.
According to police, Wyrick was arguing with a 20-year-old man when Wyrick took out a gun and fired it, hitting the victim in his stomach and leg.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the victim was still in critical condition with a bullet fragment near his heart, prosecutors said. He is being treated at Stroger Hospital.
Wyrick has a prior armed-robbery conviction, according to prosecutors. Court records place his home address in Indianapolis.
Cook County Judge Laura Sullivan on Tuesday set bail at $450,000.
Wyrick's defense attorney said Wyrick works in Indiana, but was born and raised in Chicago and still has ties to the city. Wyrick has two children, the attorney said.
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