CHICAGO — A man was wounded early Tuesday in a shooting in Edgewater, police said. It is the first shooting in the neighborhood this year.
At 1:25 a.m., a 23-year-old man was sitting in a parked car with his girlfriend in the 5900 block of North Kenmore Avenue when he heard people arguing near his car, said Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago Police spokesman. Several shots were fired and the man was hit in the arm and back, and his ear was grazed by a bullet.
The man was taken to Presence St. Francis Hospital, where he was in "stable" condition, Estrada said.
Officers do not know if the man was the intended target, police said. He has no known gang affiliation.
No one has been charged in the shooting.
Jan. 6 marked one year since a similar shooting occurred, also in the 5900 block of North Kenmore and also involving two people sitting in their vehicle.
In that case, a 29-year-old man and 22-year-old woman were sitting in a car when someone opened fire on them. The incident prompted additional police patrols in the area.
One Edgewater resident posted a photo to Twitter at 4:43 a.m. Tuesday showing a silver four-door car parked in the 5900 block of North Kenmore with its driver window shattered and a small pool of blood in the snow directly below.
Not a nice site to see while walking your dog in the morning... #edgewater #abandonedvehicle pic.twitter.com/tmiAvKnsoI
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