Man shot and critically wounded driving on Near North Side

He was driving just after 2:15 a.m. in the 400 block of East Illinois Street when a possible silver sedan pulled up and someone inside opened fire, police said.

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A man was shot and critically wounded while driving on the Near North Side Sunday.

A man was shot and critically wounded Sunday while driving on the Near North Side.

The victim, 34, was driving just after 2:15 a.m. in the 400 block of East Illinois Street when a possible grey sedan drove up and someone inside opened fire, Chicago Police said.

He was struck in the abdomen and was driven by a relative in the car with him to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was listed in critical condition, police said.

No one was in custody.

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