5 shot, 1 fatally, in Wicker Park drive-by shooting on Milwaukee Avenue

Gunfire erupted from a dark-colored vehicle early Sunday in the 1500 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, striking five people, police said.

One person was killed and four others wounded in a drive-by shooting Sunday morning on Milwaukee near North Avenue.

One person was killed and four others wounded in a drive-by shooting Sunday morning on Milwaukee near North Avenue.

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One person was killed and four others wounded in a drive-by shooting early Sunday in the Wicker Park neighborhood.

Gunfire erupted from inside dark-colored vehicle around 3:40 a.m. in the 1500 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, striking five people, Chicago police said.

Raymond Jones, 32, was shot in the chest and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Another man, 30, was shot in his left leg and taken to Stroger, police said.

A woman, 22, was shot in her right leg and a 25-year-old woman was shot in her back, police said. Both were also taken to Stroger, police said.

Another 25-year-old woman went to Swedish Covenant Hospital with a gunshot wound to her left leg, police said.

Their conditions were stabilized, according to police.

No one was in custody.

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