A man was shot in the hand Wednesday night in north suburban Waukegan during a robbery.
Officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 1000 block of Leith Avenue about 11 p.m. and found a man in his 20s who had been shot in the hand, according to the Waukegan Police Department.
He told police he was approached by a suspect who displayed a gun and demanded property. The gun discharged when he attempted to disarm the suspect, who ran northbound.
The victim was treated at a hospital for non-life threatening injuries and released, police said.
The suspect is described as a black man in his teens or early 20s, between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10 with a medium build. He was wearing a red, white and blue t-shirt and denim shorts.
Anyone with information is asked to call Waukegan police at (847) 360-9001.