CHICAGO — A man who was shot in the West Loop overnight told police that he believed he was being targeted in a robbery or carjacking when one of the offenders opened fire on him.
The victim, 49, told police he was in his car near Washington and Elizabeth when a gunman confronted him around 2:40 a.m. Friday, a Chicago police report said.
The offender fired a shot, and the victim sped away, believing he was being robbed. He crashed in the 1400 block of West Madison moments later.
Passersby reported a traffic crash to 911, and officers found the man inside his car with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition, police said.
On Monday evening, armed robbers shot a man during a carjacking attempt in Bucktown. The victim was sitting in his truck in the 2000 block of North Hoyne when two hijackers walked up around 8:35 p.m. They demanded control of the truck, and one of them shot the victim when he refused to cooperate, police said. The men fled in a silver SUV.
Earlier Friday, armed robberies were reported in Wicker Park and Logan Square.
Around 12:10 a.m., three armed men robbed a man in the 1600 block of West Le Moyne, then fled in a white SUV.
About ten minutes later, three masked men robbed a woman at gunpoint near Fullerton and Campbell in Logan Square. She said the robbers took cash and a bag and fled in a white four-door SUV.
A witness to the robbery on Le Moyne said they thought at least one of the robbers was a White male. In Logan Square, an officer at the scene said the robbers may have been Black males or White males wearing face paint.