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A 25-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Sunday evening on the South Side in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood.

The shooting happened about 6:45 p.m. on the 4500 block of South Paulina Street, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Bari Lemmon.

Preliminary reports said the victim suffered a wound to his abdomen and was taken to Stroger Hospital where his condition was stabilized, said Lemmon.

A vehicle was seen fleeing the area of the shooting, but no one was in custody. Police said the shooting may have been gang-related.

Police were investigating.