Boy, 11, shot during possible road rage incident in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood
CHICAGO (CBS) — An 11-year-old boy was shot during a road rage incident Friday morning in the Wicker Park neighborhood.
The incident happened just before 8:30 a.m. in the 1400 block of North Western Avenue.
A grandfather was dropping off his grandson for school when he said he was merging lanes when he accidentally hit another car. Before he was able to get out to give the other driver his insurance information, they started shooting—hitting the 11-year-old backseat passenger in his left hand. Stray bullets also hit a black SUV nearby.
The grandfather was able to flag down a nearby ambulance. The boy was then taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
Rachel Gurneau, a mom who lives steps away from the scene, said her husband and son had just left to go to school when she heard the gunshots.
"I heard like maybe five really fast shots like pop, pop, pop, pop, and then tires screeching," she said.
Gurneau mentioned that it's a high-traffic area and is thankful that her family wasn't caught in the crossfire.
It's traumatizing. There's a lot of kids that walk past here in the morning, on this side, that side, we got three, four different schools in the area."
The driver in the offending vehicle fled in an unknown direction.
Meanwhile, on the corner of Western and Division, another car was wrapped in red tape with multiple bullet holes on the side. It's unclear how or if that vehicle was involved in the shooting.
Investigation into the incident remains ongoing by Area 5 detectives.
