Crime & Safety
SUV Driver Killed in Overnight Shooting at Western/Division
Police had traffic on Division Street closed between Western and Oakley.
CHICAGO, IL - An overnight shooting near Western and Division in Wicker Park closed off traffic on at least two streets early Monday morning.
Total Traffic Chicago posted on Twitter around 4:30 a.m. that everything from Western to Oakley was blocked off to the public. A photo shared by WBBM's Bart Shore showed police activity in the area.
Shooting overnight- Division is blocked at Western @WBBMNewsradio https://t.co/ClLkUpUbIh @Derrickcyoung pic.twitter.com/WUircxVql2
— Bart Shore (@BartShore) August 8, 2016
Lauren Petty of NBC reports a 25-year-old man was shot and killed at the intersection while he was driving an SUV, which crashed into a pole after the shooting.
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Three female passengers in the SUV were not injured.
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