A man was fatally shot while driving in the Irving Park neighborhood early Thursday.
Jose Rodarte, 21, was driving east in the 4300 block of West Montrose Avenue when a white Jeep began following him about 3:40 a.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
The Jeep tracked Rodarte for nearly two miles until someone in the Jeep opened fire, hitting the him in the head in the 3900 block of North Whipple Street, officials said.
He then plowed into multiple vehicles and came to a rest after running into a tree. Rodarte was dead on the scene, officials said.
The Jeep sped away south on Whipple Street and no one is in custody. Area 5 detectives are investigating.
