Man Killed, Woman Wounded In South Loop Shooting
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was killed and a woman was wounded early Monday, when they were shot while sitting in a pickup truck in the South Loop.
Police said a 27-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were in a pickup truck in the 2400 block of South Michigan Avenue around 4 a.m., when two people approached and shot them.
The victims drove themselves to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The man, Sami Talab Salaymeh, of Hanover Park, had been shot in the arm and stomach, and later was pronounced dead, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.. The woman was shot in the leg, and she was in good condition Monday morning.
The truck belongs to American Dream Home Improvement, based in Downers Grove, but Salaymeh's brother said he did not work for the company, and was a passenger in the truck.
Sources said there were three to four people in the truck at the time of the shooting.
No one was in custody late Monday morning. Area Central Detectives were investigating.