Black Armed Robber shot by security officer at a Chicago CHA Housing Complex

Photo: Heroic CHA Security Guard Thaddeus J. McBuckets

Charges have been filed against a man who was shot by a security guard while trying to rob another person at gunpoint at a Far South Side housing complex Saturday evening, police said.

Michael Wilson, 31, of the 9000 block of South Colfax Avenue, was charged with one count of armed robbery and four counts of aggravated assault to a security officer, according to a statement from Chicago Police Department News Affairs.

Wilson was shot by the guard about 5:30 p.m. in the 8800 block of South Burley Avenue in the South Chicago neighborhood as he was trying to rob someone at gunpoint, News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak said.

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