CHICAGO — A man is in critical condition after being shot in Albany Park on Wednesday morning.
Chicago police said the man was standing outside of his vehicle when he heard gunshots around 2:39 a.m. The shooting continued as he got into his car. He drove away and stopped in the 4700 block of North Kedzie after realizing he had been shot.
A CPD media said the shooting occurred in the 4700 block of North Kedzie. However, that is where the man stopped driving. Police found shell casings and damaged vehicles in the 3400 block of North Monticello. Residents in the area also called 911 to report shots fired at the time the victim was shot.
Chicago Fire Department personnel took the man to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with gunshot wounds to his face, neck, and leg. A woman who was in his vehicle suffered cuts from flying glass but was not shot, according to an officer at the scene.
As of mid-August, 14 people had been shot in Albany Park this year. Here is the total number of people shot in Albany Park as of August 15 in recent years, according to the city’s victim database:
2015: 17
2016: 7
2017: 4
2018: 10
2019: 9
2020: 20
2021: 10
2022: 23
2023: 9
2024: 14
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