Wicker Park & Bucktown

Crime & Mayhem

Man Shot While Walking Down Milwaukee Avenue In Wicker Park, Police Say

January 16, 2016 9:04am | Updated January 18, 2016 9:46am
He was shot when someone in a white van opened fire, police said.
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CHICAGO — A 29-year-old man was shot in a Wicker Park drive-by shooting early Saturday morning, according to police.

The man was walking in the 1200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue at 4:15 a.m. when a man in a white car opened fire, according to Jose Estrada, Chicago Police spokesman.

He was struck in the abdomen and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition, Estrada said.

The man is a documented gang member, according to police.

No one has been arrested.

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