A driver was fatally shot and a passenger wounded Friday afternoon in a shooting on the Near West Side.
The man, 36, was driving in the 1900 block of West Jackson Boulevard just before 2 p.m. when gunfire struck him and the passenger, a 29-year-old woman, Chicago police said. The vehicle then crashed into a tree in that same block.
The man, shot in the upper body, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died, police said.
The woman was taken to the same hospital, where she was listed in critical condition, police said. No details how many times she was struck, or where, was available.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter here.
No arrests were reported.
Copyright CHIST - SunTimes
