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A man is in serious condition after he was shot Thursday in the Wicker Park neighborhood.
The 68-year-old was near an alley about 4:45 p.m. in the 1400 block of North Elk Grove Avenue when someone walked up to him and fired shots, Chicago police said.
He was taken to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said.
No one was in custody.