The victim, who is paraplegic, complied and gave the robber his wallet and cash, but that didn't stop the suspect from shooting him in the leg, HPD said.
Police are searching for a suspect who robbed and shot a man in a wheelchair in the Hyde Park area overnight.At the scene, they found a man with a gunshot wound to the leg.
He told investigators the suspect approached him and demanded his money. The man complied and gave the suspect his wallet and cash, but was shot anyway.The suspect took off after firing the shot. He was described only as a Black male with dreadlocks.
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