The Hardest-Working Paper in America | 
Monday, December 4, 2023
News Chicago Crime

30-year-old man found shot, seriously hurt in Humboldt Park

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
SHARE 30-year-old man found shot, seriously hurt in Humboldt Park
ridgewayshooting_031819_2_e1552979041242.jpg

Chicago Police investigate the scene where a 30-year-old man was shot in the back, Monday night in the 1100 block of North Ridgeway, in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

A 30-year-old man was found shot Monday night in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.

At 9:48 p.m., officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 1100 block of North Ridgeway, according to preliminary information from Chicago police. When they arrived, the officers found the man suffering from a gunshot wound to his back.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, police said.

Area North detectives are investigating.

Next Up In News
Netflix looks to curb password sharing, considers ads
Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center
Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80
1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago
Obama relatives sue Milwaukee school alleging racial bias
Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports
The Latest
Wolfgang “Wolf” Gustaveson
Downstate Illinois
Two SIU students from suburbs killed in Carbondale crash
Francis Martinez, 18, of Des Plaines, and Wolfgang Gustaveson, 19, of Park Ridge, were killed when their truck collided with another truck, Carbondale police said.
By The Daily Herald
 
The former Swift Mansion, 4500 S. Michigan Ave., on Monday, a day after it was substantially damaged by an extra-alarm fire. The blaze is being investigated as an arson.
Columnists
Gutted by fire, the fate of Bronzeville’s historic Swift Mansion remains in limbo
The fire is under investigation, but the 131-year-old home’s survival could rest with the results of a structural report now being prepared by city building inspectors.
By Lee Bey
 
merlin_93501269.jpg
Education
Notre Dame trustees select Robert Dowd as university’s 18th president
The Rev. Robert Dowd will take over July 1. He succeeds the Rev. John Jenkins, who led the university for 19 years.
By Associated Press
 
Matt Moog, CEO of Chicago Public Media, announced he is stepping down.
Business
Chicago Public Media CEO Matt Moog stepping down
Moog had served as CEO since 2020, overseeing the merger of the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, creating the largest local nonprofit news organization in the country.
By Dave McKinney | WBEZ Chicago
 
Mohammed K. Al Hijoj, 39, was fatally shot Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, while driving in the Austin neighborhood, officials said. Al Hijoj came to the U.S. 15 years ago from Jordan and has been a limo driver for more than 10 years. He mentored younger drivers.
Crime
Longtime limo driver, father of 2 shot, killed in Austin
Mohammed K. Al Hijoj, 39, was on the job carrying four passengers when he was shot in the 1700 block of North Lotus Street on Sunday, officials said. The passengers fled.
By Kade Heather