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Chicago shooting: Driver shot after crash in Little Italy

Driver shot after crash in Little Italy
Driver shot after crash in Little Italy 00:29

CHICAGO (CBS) – A man is critically wounded after being shot following a crash in the city's Little Italy neighborhood Friday night.

Chicago police said around 11:37 p.m., the victim, 23, was involved in a traffic crash with a red minivan and followed it eastbound before coming to a stop at a red light, in the 1200 block of West Roosevelt Road.  

Both the victim and the driver of the minivan exited their vehicles and started arguing. The minivan's driver produced a handgun and shot the victim multiple times and fled the scene, police said.

The victim was shot in the chest, back of the neck, and right calf. He self-transported to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition.

No arrests were made.

Area three detectives are investigating.

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