Near West Side shooting: 70-year-old man critically wounded
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 70-year-old man was critically wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon near the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Around 2:45 p.m., the man was outside an apartment complex in the 1300 block of South Morgan Street in the Near West Side neighborhood, not far from the UIC police station, when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside started shooting, Chicago police said.
The man was shot in the left flank, and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
Area 3 detectives were investigating.
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