Man hospitalized after argument on South Side CTA bus ends in gunfire

CHICAGO – A 40-year-old man is hospitalized Wednesday night after being shot twice aboard a CTA bus on the city’s South Side, police said.

According to police, the shooting occurred around 8:45 p.m. in the 7900 block of S. Woodlawn Avenue. Police said two men boarded the CTA bus, which was traveling eastbound on 79th Street and got into an argument with the victim.

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At some point, one of the male offenders displayed the gun and opened fire.

The 40-year-old man arrived at the University of Chicago Hospital in fair condition with gunshot wounds to the right led and buttocks.

No one is in custody.