policetapenew_e1524941900625.jpg

Sun-Times file photo

Man shot with BB gun at 79th Street Red Line station

A man was shot with a BB gun Tuesday night at a Red Line station on the South Side.

The 48-year-old was getting off a train about 11:10 p.m. at the 79th Street station, 15 W. 79th St., when someone fired the BB gun, according to Chicago Police.

The man suffered a minor injury to his neck and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was treated and released, police said.

The Latest
The man was found unresponsive in an alley in the 10700 block of South Lowe Avenue, police said.
The man suffered head trauma and was pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center, police said.
Another federal judge in Chicago who also has dismissed gun cases based on the same Supreme Court ruling says the high court’s decision in what’s known as the Bruen case will “inevitably lead to more gun violence, more dead citizens and more devastated communities.”
Women make up just 10% of those in careers such as green infrastructure and clean and renewable energy, a leader from Openlands writes. Apprenticeships and other training opportunities are some of the ways to get more women into this growing job sector.
Chatterbox doesn’t seem aware that it’s courteous to ask questions, seek others’ opinions.