Man in wheelchair wounded in shooting near South Side CTA Green Line station

Wednesday, October 10, 2018
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man in a wheelchair was shot in the Bronzeville neighborhood near a CTA Green Line station Tuesday night, Chicago police said.

The shooting occurred at about 11:07 p.m. in the 300-block of East 47th Street, near the 47th Street CTA Green Line station, police said.
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The 52-year-old man who uses a wheelchair was caught in the path of the bullets when police said a man was firing a gun at someone else. One of the bullets struck the victim, grazing his face.

Paramedics rushed him to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition has stabilized.
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It's unclear what led up to the shooting and the motivation behind it. Area Central detectives are investigating and no one is in custody.
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