Gangster shot in Far South Side park :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime: "“self admitted” gang member was shot while in a Far South Side park with several companions Thursday night in the South Chicago neighborhood, police said.
About 10:15 p.m. police saw a man who was shot walking at 3250 E. 83rd St., near Russell Square Park, according to a South Chicago District police sergeant.
While police found no crime scene, the man told officers he was in the park with several companions talking when someone walked up and shot him in the buttocks, according to the sergeant.
The man shot, who is in his mid 20s, was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was in “very stable” condition, according the sergeant who said the wounded man is a “self admitted” gang member."
About 10:15 p.m. police saw a man who was shot walking at 3250 E. 83rd St., near Russell Square Park, according to a South Chicago District police sergeant.
While police found no crime scene, the man told officers he was in the park with several companions talking when someone walked up and shot him in the buttocks, according to the sergeant.
The man shot, who is in his mid 20s, was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was in “very stable” condition, according the sergeant who said the wounded man is a “self admitted” gang member."

