A man was critically wounded in a shooting Saturday morning in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
The 31-year-old was riding in a vehicle at 5:44 a.m. in the 5100 block of South Hoyne when someone outside the vehicle opened fire, striking the man in the head and neck and damaging a rear window, according to Chicago Police. Police initially reported that the shooting occurred in the 2500 block of West 50th Street.
The driver of the vehicle then took the man to Holy Cross Hospital, and he was later transferred to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.