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Lake Shore Drive Shooting Leaves Man Wounded In Gold Coast

CHICAGO — A 22-year-old man was shot and wounded while driving on Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast early Friday, police said.

At 12:18 a.m., the man was driving on Lake Shore Drive near North Avenue when a car pulled up and someone inside fired shots at him, said Officer Laura Amezaga, a Chicago Police Department spokeswoman.

The man's right arm was grazed by a bullet, and he took himself to Lurie Children's Hospital, Amezaga said. The man was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was in good condition.

The man was a documented gang member, police said.

No one was in custody in the shooting.