A 22-year-old man was shot multiple times Saturday afternoon at Orland Grove Forest Preserve in Orland Park, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Police.
Officers were sent to the forest preserve near 143rd Street and LaGrange Road around 3 p.m. to investigate reports of a shooting, sheriff’s police said.
The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in stable condition, the sheriff’s office said.
The investigation is ongoing, but there does not appear to be any danger to the public, according to the sheriff’s office.
Orland Park police said earlier that its officers were assisting Cook County Forest Preserve police with an investigation near 143rd Street and West Avenue.
143rd Street was closed in both directions at West Avenue and at Highland Avenue. Eastbound 143rd reopened around 4:15 p.m., authorities said, while westbound lanes remained closed.
Anyone with information is asked to call sheriff’s police detectives at 708-865-4896.
No other information was released.
