Chicago police said a road rage incident turned violent Friday morning in the Wicker Park neighborhood, leaving an 11-year-old boy shot and killed.
The shooting happened around 8:30 a.m. in the 1400 block of North Western Avenue, when police said two vehicles “were in a minor traffic accident.”
“When the driver of one of the vehicles involved attempted to exchange information, the other driver brandished a gun and began shooting at the victim’s vehicle,” police said.
The shooting injured an 11-year-old boy who was in the passenger side of the vehicle. He was transported to an area hospital in good condition with a gunshot wound to his left hand.
The shooter fled the scene in an unknown direction, police said.
“They lasted maybe five minutes. I heard maybe five or six gunshots. It was a lot,” said resident Rachel Gurneau, who said the shooting happened while her husband was taking their 7 year old child to school.
Part of the incident was captured on security cameras along Western Avenue.
The building’s owner shares screenshots of the images with NBC Chicago. They showed someone getting out of their car at the time of the shooting.
The search for the shooter continues, police said.
