Concealed carry holder shoots car burglar on South Side: CPD

A concealed carry holder shot a 17-year-old boy who broke into his car in Roseland early Monday morning, according to Chicago police.

Officers were dispatched around 3:43 a.m. after 911 callers reported gunfire and a car alarm ringing in the 9400 block of South Indiana Avenue. A short time later, a woman called to say her boyfriend had shot someone trying to steal their car.

When officers arrived, they found a 17-year-old with gunshot wounds to his right forearm and left knee, CPD said. Officers applied a tourniquet to control his bleeding until paramedics took him to the University of Chicago Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition.

Police said the 58-year-old car owner heard his alarm sounding and stepped outside to investigate. He found the driver’s side window of his white Honda Accord shattered, and two males inside the vehicle. One of them displayed a gun, prompting the man, who has a valid FOID and concealed carry license, to fire, according to CPD

The second offender ran east and got into a gray Dodge Caravan that continued east on 94th Street, police said.