A man was injured and his dog was killed in an Edgewater shooting near Foster and Winthrop, Chicago police said. No one is in custody for the crime.
CHICAGO -- A man was shot and his dog was killed when a gunman opened fire on them early Friday morning.
Investigators said a 35-year-old man told them he was outside with his dog when someone came up and started shooting at them. 48th Ward Ald. Harry Osterman said the shooting was an attempted robbery.Bill Brassil was about to take out his dogs, Percy and Otis, when gunfire erupted around the corner. The victim was shot in his right leg and was taken to an area hospital in fair condition. A neighbor said the victim recently had slipped on the ice and broken his leg. He was wearing a cast at the time of the shooting.
"Dogs are there to protect you and that's what make it even sadder," Edgewater resident Faith Hagerty said."That was his source of protection and he lost it in that moment and that's sad."
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