Man hurt in shootout with robber at South Deering gas station

A man was wounded in a shootout with a robber Wednesday night in the South Deering neighborhood.

The 36-year-old was at a gas station around 8:35 p.m. in the 10300 block of South Torrence Avenue when someone got out of a black Charger with a handgun and demanded his belongings, police said.

The man exchanged gunfire with the robber and was shot in the leg, police said.

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He drove himself to Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Calumet City where he was listed in fair condition, police said.

No one is in custody as Area Two detectives investigate.

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