Police: Suspected robber shot in Back of the Yards

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A man was shot while robbing someone Friday evening in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.

The 23-year-old showed up at Mercy Hospital about 5:45 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds, police said.

Investigators think he was wounded when carrying out a robbery about 15 minutes earlier in the 4800 block of South Wolcott, police said.

He was transferred to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.

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