1 Killed, 3 Wounded in Shooting on Lake Shore Drive Near Fullerton: Police

Four people were wounded — one fatally — in a shooting Thursday on Lake Shore Drive on the North Side near Lincoln Park, police said.

Just before midnight, the four were northbound in a Honda Odyssey in the 2500 block of North Lake Shore Drive when a vehicle drove alongside and someone inside unleashed gunfire, Chicago police said.

The people in the vehicle drove off and the group in the Honda exited on Belmont, police said. They came to a stop in the 3200 block of North Broadway in Lake View.

Authorities were called to a Walgreens parking lot where they found the car riddled with bullets on the driver’s side.

A 20-year-old man was hit in the chest and pronounced dead on the scene, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not released details on his death.

A second 20-year-old man was struck in the shoulder and taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition, police said. A third man, 26 was taken to the same hospital in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the head and torso.

The fourth man, a 22-year-old, was hit in the chest and face, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition.

No arrests have been made as Area North detectives are investigating.

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