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Man Shot, Critically Wounded After Attacking Customer With Chair At Popeyes In Calumet Heights

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was critically wounded in a shooting inside a Popeyes Chicken restaurant Wednesday afternoon in the Calumet Heights neighborhood, after police said he tried to hit the shooter with a chair.

Police said a 42-year-old man was caught on video as he approached another person who was eating inside the Popeyes at 87th and Stony Island around 5:15 p.m.

The two got into an argument, when the 42-year-old man picked up a metal chair, and tried to hit the other person with it.

Police said the other person pulled out a handgun and shot the man in the chest.

The shooter was taken into custody at the scene. Area South detectives were investigating.

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