Man, 21, shot in arm while walking in the Loop

A 21-year-old man was shot in the arm Saturday afternoon while walking down a crowded Loop street.

About 2 p.m., the man was heading north near Adams and Wabash when he heard shots and felt pain in his arm, according to Chicago police.

Paramedics treated him at the scene before he was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and his condition was stabilized, police said.

The shooting brought a normally bustling downtown street to a standstill in the heart of one of the city’s main tourist centers. Detectives blocked off the scene to canvass for shell casings and other evidence.

Two women who stood shocked at the corner of Adams and Wabash said they were leaving the Art Institute of Chicago when they saw a man hunched over and people surrounding him near a CVS store on Wabash.

“It was crazy,” said one of the women, who declined to give their names.

No one was in custody Saturday evening as Area Central detectives investigated.