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Back Of The Yards Shooting Wounds Man, 26, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | October 26, 2016 9:03am

CHICAGO — A shooting in Back of the Yards left a 26-year-old man wounded on Tuesday night, police said.

At 7 p.m., the man was outside in the 4700 block of South Loomis Boulevard when someone in a car drove out of an alley and fired shots at the man, said Officer Bari Lemmon, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The man was hit in his back and leg and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, Lemmon said.

He is a documented gang member, police sources said.

No one was in custody.

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