Man shot inside home on Northwest Side

A 40-year-old man was shot multiple times inside a residence on Chicago’s Northwest Side Sunday afternoon, and police say they are working to determine what led up to the shooting.

It happened around 12:40 p.m. in the 3500 block of North Rutherford Avenue in the Dunning neighborhood. Officers responding to a shots fired call found the victim inside the home suffering from two gunshot wounds to the stomach and one to the leg.

The man was transported to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition, according to CPD.

Investigators recovered shell casings and a firearm at the scene. Investigators were working to determine whether the shooting may have been an act of self-defense, but the exact circumstances surrounding the incident had not been established.

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