Man fatally shot while driving in Bronzeville

The 35-year-old was in the 4800 block of South Wabash Avenue when someone in another car opened fire, Chicago police said.

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A man was fatally shot Monday night while driving in Bronzeville on the South Side.

Just after 8 p.m., Taft Wilson, 35, was driving in the 4800 block of South Wabash Avenue when someone in another car opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He suffered gunshot wounds to the body and hit several parked vehicles before coming to a stop, police said. He was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said.

There was no in custody.

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