A man driving in the North Park neighborhood was shot by someone in another car and was able to make it to a nearby gas station before calling for help early Friday, police said.
The man, 52, was shot in the 5500 block of North Kimball Avenue about 5 a.m. Friday. The attacker, who was in a gray sedan with tinted windows, possibly a Mercedes, then drove off in an unknown direction, police said in a media notification.
A Chicago police officer looks at a vehicle with a broken rear window and surrounded by police tape parked in a gas station at Kimball and Foster avenues on July 9, 2021. A person was shot in the back while driving on the 5500 block of North Kimball. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
The man was able to reach a gas station at Foster and Kimball avenues and call 911 after he was shot, according to police.
He suffered a gunshot wound to the upper back and was taken to Amita Health St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, police said. His condition was not released.
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