Crime & Safety

Man Shot And Critically Wounded In Lincoln Park Robbery; DePaul Student Robbed Blocks Away

No one was in custody Friday afternoon for either incident.

By CBS Chicago Staff:

CHICAGO (CBS) — A man was shot and critically wounded during a robbery early Friday in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, just blocks away from where a DePaul University student was robbed.

A man in his 20s was walking on Wayne Avenue near Webster Avenue around 3 a.m., when a man with a gun demanded the victim's phone. CBS 2's Lauren Victory has obtained video and still images of the crime.

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