Update 7:55PM — A fully updated story is available here.
Update 4:30PM — Doctors said the boy suffered a brain injury and is in grave condition.
Update 2:32PM — Police said the shooting involved a road rage incident between two drivers. Police arrested an unidentified person at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and a firearm was recovered from that person, according to an officer at the scene. It is not yet known who that person is or if the gun was fired during the incident.
Update 3:07PM — Police reportedly recovered the firearm from the car the boy was riding in. Police found shell casings along two blocks of Lake Shore Drive between Roosevelt Road and Buckingham Fountain.
A two-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was shot while riding in a car near Grant Park on Tuesday morning, police said.
Several witnesses reported seeing a man get out of a dark blue car and open fire during an altercation in the traffic lanes of Lake Shore Drive around 11:07 a.m. Shell casings were found on Lake Shore Drive just north of Roosevelt.
One round struck the boy in the right temple, according to a CPD statement.
According to preliminary information, the boy’s driver sped their car north on LSD and crashed near Monroe. Another motorist picked her and the boy up and transported them to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said. He was transferred to Lurie Children’s Hospital for treatment.
According to a witness, the gunman returned to his car and was last seen westbound on Balbo and then southbound on Columbus. The shooting is believed to have been recorded by another driver’s dashcam.
This is a developing story with unconfirmed additional details. CWBChicago will post updates.
The three-year-old is the fourth person shot in the Loop since Saturday:
- An 18-year-old man was in critical condition after someone shot him from another vehicle as he drove on Lower Wacker Drive on Easter morning.
- Earlier on Easter morning, a 26-year-old man accidentally shot himself while trying to rob a passenger on the Orange-Green Line platform at Roosevelt.
- On Saturday morning, a 29-year-old man was shot in his leg as he rode in a car on Lower Wacker Drive in the Loop.
Editors note: Police initially said the boy was three-years-old.
