65-year-old man shot during attempted robbery in Rosemoor

SHARE 65-year-old man shot during attempted robbery in Rosemoor
ax053_5a0c_91.jpg

Sun-Times file photo

A 65-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery Tuesday night in the Rosemoor neighborhood on the Far South Side.

The man was approached by someone at 8:42 p.m. in the 10300 block of South Vernon who took out a weapon and announced a robbery, according to Chicago Police. The man was running away when the suspect shot him in the back.

The man was taken to Roseland Community Hospital, where he was in serious condition, police said.

No one was in custody Tuesday night while Area South detectives investigated the incident.

The Latest
Hundreds gathered for a memorial service for Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, a mysterious QR code mural enticed Taylor Swift fans on the Near North Side, and a weekend mass shooting in Back of the Yards left 9-year-old Ariana Molina dead and 10 other people wounded, including her mother and other children.
Chicago artist Jason Messinger created the murals in 2018 during a Blue Line station renovation and says his aim was for “people to look at this for 30 seconds and transport them on a mini-vacation of the mind. Each mural is an abstract idea of a vacation destination.”
MV Realty targeted people who had equity in their homes but needed cash — locking them into decades-long contracts carrying hidden fees, the Illinois attorney general says in a newly filed lawsuit. The company has 34,000 agreements with homeowners, including more than 750 in Illinois.
The artist at Goodkind Tattoo in Lake View incorporates hidden messages and inside jokes to help memorialize people’s furry friends.
The bodies of Richard Crane, 62, and an unidentified woman were found shot at the D-Lux Budget Inn in southwest suburban Lemont.