1 shot Wednesday in Chicago

The day’s lone reported shooting wounded a man, 59, who was trying to disarm a robber in Lawndale on the West Side, police said.

A 29-year-old woman was fatally shot April 10, 2021 in Lawndale.

One person was shot Nov. 13, 2019, in Chicago.

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One person was shot Wednesday in Chicago.

The day’s lone reported shooting wounded a man who was trying to disarm a robber in Lawndale on the West Side.

The 59-year-old told investigators he was in the 4300 block of Cermak Road at 3 a.m. when an armed male approached him and demanded his property, Chicago police said. The man initially complied with the gunman, but then tried to swipe away his gun.

The gun went off during the struggle and struck him in the leg, police said. The gunman fled with the man’s property and money.

The wounded man left the scene and didn’t call 911 for more than an hour, according to police.

Paramedics picked him up from the 900 block of North Cambridge on the Near North Side and took him to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said. His condition was stabilized.

No arrests have been made as Area Central detectives investigate.

Two people were shot — one of them fatally — on Tuesday in citywide gun violence.

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