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Chicago mom shoots man trying to break into daughter's room
A woman shot an intruder at her home in South Shore after he allegedly tried to break into her daughter's bedroom.
CHICAGO - A man who was shot while breaking into a home in South Shore Saturday night has been charged.
Christopher Grady, 36, of Chicago, allegedly broke into a residence in the 2300 block of East 69th Street around 10:45 p.m.
Police said a woman at the house, who is a licensed concealed carry holder, fired her weapon in self-defense.
According to court documents, Grady took off a window screen and tried to climb through a window.
Grady was hospitalized with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg. He was charged with one felony count of attempted burglary.