A man was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in East Garfield Park late Wednesday, police said. It comes after a separate drive-by shooting during a vigil in the same neighborhood Monday night left 14 shot, including three minors.
In the most recent shooting, a 38-year-old man was in the street in the 3400 block of West Lake Street when a dark sedan approached him at approximately 11:56 p.m. Wednesday and someone inside fired shots toward him. The man suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head.
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An unknown person then took him to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead at 12:40 a.m. Thursday, according to information by police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
No arrest had been made as of Thursday morning and detectives are investigating.
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