Crime & Safety
Man, 26, Shot During Armed Robbery In South Shore Alley, Police Say
One of the robbers pulled out a gun and shot the victim in his left thigh.
December 8, 2025
A man was shot during an armed robbery in the city's South Side neighborhood on Sunday afternoon.
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Chicago police said around 1:15 p.m., the victim, a 26-year-old man, was walking in the alley in the 2600 block of East 79th Street in South Shore when two unknown men approached him on foot and demanded his belongings.
During this, one of the robbers pulled out a gun and shot the victim in his left thigh.
