Man with concealed carry license shoots woman he says was trying to break into Lincoln Park home

Officers were called to the 2200 block of North Clybourn about 10:35 p.m. Thursday and found the woman with gunshot wounds to the chest and right wrist, police said.

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A man with a concealed carry license shot a woman he said was trying to break into his home in Lincoln Park on Thursday night.

Officers were called to the 2200 block of North Clybourn around 10:35 p.m. and found the woman with gunshot wounds to the chest and right wrist, police said. She was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in good condition.

A man told the officers he fired at the woman and “prevented [her] from entering the residence,” according to a police statement.

A gun was recovered at the scene, police said.

No other details were released.

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