Driver fatally shot in West Ridge

The victim, believed to be a man in his 20s, was driving in the 2600 block of West Glenlake Avenue about 12:30 a.m. Thursday when shots were fired into his car, police said.

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A man was fatally shot in the West Ridge neighborhood early Thursday, police said.

Angel Salgado, 22, was driving in the 2600 block of West Glenlake Avenue around 12:30 a.m. when someone fired shots into the vehicle, causing him to crash into another car before coming to a halt, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was pronounced dead on the scene after suffering multiple gunshot wounds, police said.

Officers found two guns in the victim’s vehicle. No arrests have been reported.

Area 4 detectives are investigating.

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