The resident gave chase to the group of people trying to break into cars and homes and got into a shootout with them before being shot twice.
OAK FOREST , Ill. â A resident of south suburban Oak Forest was shot early Friday morning during an exchange of gunfire while chasing a group of people who had been trying to break into local cars and homes. Oak Forest police received a report of a car burglary shortly before 2 a.m. on Friday in the 16900 block of Leclaire Avenue. A resident in the area saw several unknown people near his home while police were on their way to the scene. He confronted the group on his property.
The resident who was shot was taken to a local hospital where his condition was stabilized.Neighbors said they heard the gunfire near their homes.'I heard a 'boom! boom! boom! really loud,'' said one woman, who asked not to be identified. 'Which sounded at the moment like somebody was pounding on the window.'The woman said she saw a suspect running by a nearby tennis court. He leaped over a fence and into her yard, then ran down the street.
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