A 39-year-old man is dead after he was shot Sunday evening in the Austin neighborhood, according to Chicago police.
A witness told police the man was driving a vehicle that came to a stop in the 1700 block of North Lotus Avenue. The witness saw four other men inside the vehicle flee after shots were fired at about 5:36 p.m., police said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Mohammed K. al Hijoj, a resident of the Dunning neighborhood.
Al Hijoj sustained several gunshot wounds, police said. He was transported to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition, where he died at 6:17 p.m.
Police said they recovered a handgun a few feet away from the vehicle.
No suspects are in custody, and police said they are investigating the shooting.
