A man trying to steal a radiator and other scrap metal from the backyard of a South Chicago residence was surprised by the man living there, who shot him in the leg.
About 1:30 a.m., officers on patrol came across a shooting victim--later identified as the burglarly suspect--lying on the ground at 91st Street and Commercial Avenue with a wound to his upper left leg.
At the same time, they heard a police radio dispatch call to a theft in progress in the 3000 block of E. 91st Street, just around the corner.
The 52-year-old resident there told police he had been awakened by his security alarm system to find someone rummaging through scrap metal he had put there the day before, Kubiak said. The resident retrieved his .22 caliber rifle and fired on the backyard intruder.
The wounded man was transported by Fire Department paramedics to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in stable condition.
The resident has a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card, Kubiak said, adding that police are still investigating the incident.
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