Man wounded in Back of the Yards drive-by

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A man was shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Monday afternoon.

The 20-year-old was in the 4400 block of South Paulina about 4:45 p.m. when someone in a passing SUV shot him in the leg, police said.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition had stabilized, police said.

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