Heroic Intervention: Young Man Shot While Defending Woman in Chicago Street Altercation
Chicago, IL — A 21-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to his neck early Wednesday while intervening in an assault against a woman, according to local authorities. The incident took place shortly after 12:15 a.m. at the intersection of South Lawndale Avenue and West 13th Street. Police reports suggest that the young man witnessed the woman being assaulted and attempted to intervene. It was at this point that the perpetrator, confronted by the Good Samaritan, …