A man died after a shooting and crash in the West Rogers Park neighborhood Tuesday night, Chicago police said.
Chicago police said a man was killed in a shooting while driving on North Francisco Avenue in West Rogers Park Tuesday night.
Police said a suspect approached the 23-year-old victim in his car in the 6200-block of North Francisco Avenue at about 10:50 p.m. with a handgun and fired multiple shots toward him.The residential street with many apartment buildings was littered with more than 20 shell casings. The victim was shot in his upper chest, but was able to drive away from the scene, before crashing near Kedzie and Devon avenues.
A good Samaritan said he was pulling up to a red light, when he saw the victim flagging down cars. He stopped to help call 911. "The car ran into me, the guy came by and said he was shot," Mohammad Durvesh said. "I called 9-1-1. He got in my car in back for a bit, everybody came by and helped him out."No one is in custody.
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