Police: 18-year-old man robbing Gresham store gets shot by clerk

crime_scene_tape2.jpg

Sun-Times file photo

An 18-year-old man attempting to rob a store Wednesday evening in the South Side Gresham neighborhood was shot by the clerk, according to Chicago Police.

The would-be robber was shot multiple times by the clerk at 7:56 p.m. in the 8100 block of South Racine, police said.

He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, police said.

The Latest
The “income” he claimed he was making actually came from savings, and now the couple’s in a financial jam.
The industrial park is nearing completion, seven years after it started. The project has created 600 jobs in Pullman.
At least the Bears didn’t lose on a questionable call at the end of the game.
MLB
Soto’s deal is the largest and longest in Major League Baseball history, topping Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.