A 49-year-old man was standing in a park in the 2800 block of North Cannon Avenue when a man walked up to him with a gun and announced a robbery, police said. The victim grabbed the gun and it went off, hitting him in the torso.
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A man was wounded in an attempted robbery near Diversey Harbor on Sunday night, Chicago police said.
A 49-year-old man was in the 2800 block of North Cannon Avenue about 7:40 p.m. when a man walked up to him with a gun and announced a robbery, police said. The victim grabbed the gun and it went off, wounding him in the torso.
The victim was taken to St. Joseph Hospital by a friend and later transferred to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was listed in fair condition, police said.
No one is in custody.