A 17-year-old boy was shot whereas driving in a automobile within the Loop in a single day, in keeping with Chicago police. The sufferer was shot whereas seated in a Dodge Journey, ready for a purple gentle to vary within the 700 block of South Wells Avenue round 3:30 a.m.
Police mentioned a person strolling close by all of the sudden pulled out a gun and fired a number of photographs into the automobile earlier than operating away. The sufferer was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for therapy of a gunshot wound to his arm. CPD mentioned he’s listed in good situation.
The shooter remained at massive as of Sunday morning. Police broadcast an outline of the suspect: a Black or dark-skinned Hispanic man, about 5-foot-4 with brief hair, carrying a grey sweater and a maroon t-shirt.
Sunday’s sufferer is the fourth individual shot within the Loop this yr. By this level in recent times, the numbers have been larger, generally considerably: 8 in 2024, 13 in 2023, 31 in 2022, 22 in 2021, 12 in 2020, and 5 in 2019.
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