A 21-year-old man was fatally shot in the head as he was driving in the West Garfield Park neighborhood late Friday, police said.
At 9:25 p.m., a man was driving a vehicle in the 300 block of South Kilpatrick Avenue when shots were fired, said police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines.
When police arrived, they found the vehicle the man was driving had hit a tree and that the man had been shot in the head, Gaines said.
He was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Gaines said.
The Cook County medical examiner's office confirmed the death.
No one was in custody and Harrison Area detectives were investigating.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 11TH DISTRICT Beat 1131
(Jan. 1, 2011-June 3, 2011)
Shooting- 3
Homicide- 1
Drug Arrests- 69
Robbery- 15
Gun Arrests- 5
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