A man was shot and critically wounded Wednesday afternoon on busy Clark Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.At 3:58 p.m., a 34-year-old man approached some people on the sidewalk and a fight began.

A man was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries after a shooting in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood Wednesday.

The local alderman said the man who was later shot was exhibiting "erratic and dangerous behavior" and attacked the shooter. The shooter then pulled a gun and opened fire, police said.