West Garfield Park shooting: Almos Collum killed while driving on Congress

Almos Collum, 33, was driving when someone approached his car and opened fire, striking him multiple times, authorities said.

A man was wounded in a shooting Dec. 3, 2021, in the Near North neighborhood. — A man was shot dead in the 4100 block of West Congress Parkway June 19, 2020.

A man was fatally shot while driving Friday in West Garfield Park.

He was driving about 10:25 p.m. in the 4100 block of West Congress Parkway when a black SUV approached and someone inside fired into his vehicle, Chicago police said.

Almos Collum, 33, was shot multiple times and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 10:49 p.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in Austin.

Autopsy results Saturday found he died from his gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said.

No one is in custody as Area Four detectives investigate.

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Almos Collum, 33, was driving when someone approached his car and opened fire, striking him multiple times, authorities said.