Man shot to death inside car in Grand Crossing

A man was shot to death inside a car Tuesday afternoon in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.

Jesse Lee Wilks Jr., 39, was inside the car about 2 p.m. in the 7100 block of South Eberhart Avenue when someone approached him and opened fire, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The car then collided with another vehicle a block away, police said.

Wilks Jr. was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The shooter fled the scene. No one was in custody.