"It was very chaotic, the young man was very scared, so we were running around trying to do whatever we could to help him out," Fink said.

Fink started applying combat gauze to the gunshot wound which helps with blood clotting. This quick thinking would become a lifesaving decision.

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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