A man was hospitalized Friday after being shot in an altercation near a Streeterville grocery store, officials said.
The man, 50, was arguing with someone when he was shot in his left shoulder about 8:30 a.m. near the Whole Foods store at 255 E. Grand Ave., Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford and Chicago police said. The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition.
A construction crew was getting ready to work on a nearby site when workers said a man began harassing them and threatening violence.
Marcus Simonini, a construction worker, said someone was acting “really frantic, really sporadic” and accusing the construction workers of stealing his jumper pack. After seeing him get involved in another altercation, the construction worker said he called 911.
“I called up Chicago PD, and I said, ‘Hey, you got an assailant on site here who’s really harassing everybody on the street,’” he said. “Right about then, 20 seconds after I called them, shots went off.”
He said he saw the man run away from the scene.
Chicago police recovered a weapon. No one is in custody.
People walk past a squad car outside the Whole Foods in the 200 block of East Grand Avenue in Streeterville, after a man was shot and wounded near the grocery store Friday morning, according to officials.
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Chicago police officers investigate the Optima Signature parking garage, which sits next to the Whole Foods parking garage in the 200 block of East Grand Avenue in Streeterville, after a man was shot and wounded near the grocery store Friday morning, according to officials.
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People walk past a squad car outside the Whole Foods in the 200 block of East Grand Avenue in Streeterville, after a man was shot and wounded near the grocery store Friday morning, according to officials.
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A shell casing and an evidence marker is seen Friday morning outside Whole Foods in the 200 block of East Grand Avenue in Streeterville, after a man was shot and wounded near the grocery store, according to officials.
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A Chicago police officer monitors the scene outside the Whole Foods in the 200 block of East Grand Avenue in Streeterville, after a man was shot and wounded near the grocery store Friday morning, according to officials.
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A police officer sits in a squad car outside Whole Foods in the 200 block of East Grand Avenue in Streeterville on Friday, after a man was shot and wounded near the grocery store, according to officials.
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People walk past a squad car outside the Whole Foods in the 200 block of East Grand Avenue in Streeterville, after a man was shot and wounded near the grocery store Friday morning, according to officials.
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A police officer packs up yellow tape Friday morning outside the Whole Foods and Optima Signature parking garage in the 200 block of East Grand Avenue in Streeterville, after a man was shot and wounded near the grocery store, according to officials.
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