The man, 34, approached a group of people, and an argument ensued about 4 p.m. Wednesday in the 2400 block of North Clark Street, police said. He was shot in his chest and hospitalized in critical condition.

The Chicago Fire Department said one man was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition.

A man was shot and critically wounded in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on Wednesday, according to police.

A man was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries after a shooting in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood Wednesday.

A search is underway on Wednesday afternoon after a man was critically injured in a shooting near the Lincoln Park Zoo on the city’s North Side. According to police, the incident unfolded just before 4 p.

A search is underway after a man was critically injured in a shooting near the Lincoln Park Zoo on the city's North Side.

The local alderman said the man who was later shot was exhibiting "erratic and dangerous behavior" and attacked the shooter. The shooter then pulled a gun and opened fire, police said.