March 30--A man has been charged in the August shooting of a man on the South Side.
Tykari R. Blackmon, 34, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, according to the Chicago Police Department.
Blackmon critically wounded a 31-year-old man after shooting him Aug. 22 near the Back of the Yards and Englewood neighborhoods, police said at the time.
That shooting happened about 4:40 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Laflin Street, police said.
The man, 31, who was approached by a gunman on foot, was wounded in the upper body, police said at the time. In a statement Monday, police said the man had gunshot wounds to his left thigh.
The victim was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, police said at the time.
A Cook County judge Sunday ordered Blackmon held in lieu of $900,000 bail.
Blackmon's next scheduled court date is April 3.
