Earlier Wednesday, a Chicago police officer shot and seriously wounded a man in a stolen car after the driver pinned the officer against another car, police said. The shooting happened about 11:15 a.m. in the 1600 block of North Leclaire Avenue. One officer was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital to be treated for a broken leg, and another officer suffered minor injuries.



In other shootings:



• Around 11:05 p.m., a 42-year-old man was shot in the leg following an argument with another man in the Lawndale neighborhood, police said. He was standing in the 3900 block of West Grenshaw Street when the other man pulled a gun and shot him. The 42-year-old man was stabilized at Stroger Hospital.



• In the Little Village neighborhood, a 27-year-old man was shot about 10 p.m. He was walking in the 2100 block of West 21st Street when the gunman approached and shot him twice in the chest and twice in the left arm. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was stabilized.



• About 5:40 p.m., an 18-year-old man was shot in the back while driving in the 4000 block of West Palmer Street in the Hermosa neighborhood, police said. He saw a man armed with a gun hanging out of the passenger side window of a black car and then heard gunshots. He went to Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, and he was transferred in serious condition to Stroger Hospital.



• In the Chicago Lawn neighborhood about 1:15 p.m., a 37-year-old man was shot in the 6000 block of South Fairfield Avenue. He was shot multiple times inside a home and was taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said.



• About 12:55 p.m., a 41-year-old man was shot in the leg in the South Shore neighborhood in the 2900 block of East 79th Street. He was taken in good condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said. A gunman was in custody and a weapon was recovered from the scene, authorities said.



• In the Gage Park neighborhood about 12:50 p.m., a 25-year-old man was critically wounded in the 2600 block of West 54th Street, police said. The man was standing on a sidewalk when the driver of a red minivan got out and fired three times, hitting him in the upper right back and left hip area, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital.