A pre-dawn heist at a Chicago gas station escalated into gunfire, leaving a 28-year-old man critically injured, authorities said. The chaos unfolded around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday in the Washington Park neighborhood when an armed assailant, believed to have stepped out of a white Lexus, demanded cash and subsequently shot the victim in the chest.
After being robbed and shot, the victim was hastily dropped off at St. Bernard's Hospital, according to the Chicago Tribune. There, he was listed in critical condition. The report suggests that the man was accompanied by another person during the time of the incident, though details about the second victim's experience during the robbery remain to quickly unfold.
The site of the incident, located in the first block of East Garfield Boulevard, became a focus of intense police activity as detectives sought to piece together the sequence of events leading to the shooting. Currently, no suspects are in custody, and Area One detectives are leading the investigation to track down the perpetrator.
As of now, the Chicago Police Department has not released any additional information about the suspect or the vehicle used in the crime. Meanwhile, FOX 32 Chicago reports that the community is on edge as the perpetrator remains at large, urging anyone with information to come forward and help achieve some measure of justice for the victim and the neighborhood shaken by violence.
