An employee at a Chicago liquor store was caught in the line of fire during an attempted robbery that had bullets flying in Humboldt Park on Friday night. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the shootout occurred around 10:30 p.m., with the 45-year-old man facing off against two armed assailants.

The Chicago police reported that following the invasion of the business on the 2900 block of West North Avenue by the gunmen, announcing they were there to rob it, gunfire erupted. Wounded in the left arm during the dangerous exchange, the employee, who was working at the time of the chaotic encounter, was taken to Stroger Hospital. Having arrived in fair condition, as the scene was swarmed by the authorities, the suspects were at large, with no arrests made.

Details from a CBS Chicago report painted a grim scene of the night as the employee, whose job turned from serving customers to surviving a deadly confrontation, braved the armed standoff until the would-be thieves fled on foot. Leaving behind a crime scene and a shaken community, the offenders remain unidentified, stalking the city's Northwest Side with an air of impunity.

While the investigation continues, Chicago police are calling for witnesses to step forward. Providing security footage from the area, investigating officers seek to piece together a puzzle that left an employee wounded and a neighborhood grappling with the reality of its violence. The Chicago Fire Department made sure the unnamed victim, en route to necessary medical care, found his way to the hospital, as reported by CBS Chicago.