March 26--A Woodlawn man was charged Thursday morning in connection with a shooting that happened earlier in March on the same block where he lives, police said.
Ricardale Resendez, 21, of the 6100 block of South Vernon Avenue, was charged with aggravated battery with a firearm for a March 12 shooting on his block, police said.
In the afternoon hours that day, a 28-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to his thigh and was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was listed in good condition, police said.
Resendez was later identified as the shooter in the attack, but there was no information available about the circumstances leading up to the shooting.
Resendez was scheduled to appear at a bail hearing Thursday afternoon.
