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Man shot while driving in Humboldt Park

The 44-year-old man was struck once in the head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said.

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A 44-year-old man was critically wounded while driving Sept. 28, 2019 in Humboldt Park on the West Side.

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A 44-year-old man was critically wounded in a shooting Saturday in Humboldt Park on the West Side.

About 6:20 p.m., the male driver, a female passenger, and a child were in a vehicle traveling eastbound in the 3800 block of West Grand Avenue when someone fired shots from the south corner of Grand and Avers Avenue towards the west, Chicago police said. A bullet went through the windshield of his vehicle and he was struck in the head.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said.

No one is in custody as Area North detectives investigate the shooting.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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