Man shot while driving in Gresham

Police investigate an SUV that struck a pole during a shooting that left a man wounded early Friday in the Gresham neighborhood. | Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

A man was shot early Friday while driving in the South Side Gresham neighborhood.

Just after midnight, the 24-year-old was driving an SUV in the 500 block of West 87th Street when someone in a passing vehicle fired shots, striking him in the arm, according to Chicago Police.

An SUV struck a pole after the driver was wounded in a shooting early Sunday in the 500 block of West 87th Street. | Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition stabilized, police said.

No one was in custody as Area South detectives investigated the shooting.

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