Man shot, seriously wounded in South Shore

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Police investigate in the 7500 block of South South Shore early Monday, after a man was shot and critically wounded on the sidewalk. | Network Video Productions

A man was shot and seriously wounded early Monday in the South Shore neighborhood.

The man, 25, was standing on the sidewalk in the 7500 block of South South Shore about 12:55 a.m. when two males walked up and opened fire, said police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro.

The man was shot in the chest, left arm and both legs and was taken in serious condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Alfaro said.

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