Man wounded while riding in car in West Town

The man, 28, was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.

Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times

A 28-year-old passenger was shot while riding through West Town Wednesday.

Sun-Times file

A man was wounded while riding in a car in West Town on the Near West Side Wednesday evening.

The man, 28, was shot just before 6 p.m. in the 300 block of North Loomis, Chicago Police said.

The man was hit in the left leg and groin, and taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.

No one was in custody.

On Monday, a man was fatally shot about a mile and a half away.

Around 2:35 a.m., James Madrid, 34, was found on the ground in the 1400 block of West Division Street with multiple gunshot wounds to his back, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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