Woman shot while driving, critically hurt in West Rogers Park

A woman was shot and critically wounded Sunday in West Rogers Park on the North Side.

The 35-year-old was driving a vehicle with a relative in the passenger seat about 2:25 a.m. when a silver Mercedes pulled alongside them in the 2400 block of West Granville Avenue, according to Chicago police.

A male in the Mercedes fired multiple shots, hitting the woman in the back and grazing her left arm, police said. The shooter’s vehicle drove off in an unknown direction.

The family member drove the woman to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, where she was listed in critical condition, police said.

No other injuries were reported and no one is in custody as Area North detectives investigate.

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