Crime & Safety

'Innocent Motorist' Injured In Shooting At Oak Lawn Gas Station: Cops

Three men wearing reflective construction vests shot at a driver pumping gas, who fled after a possible targeted shooting, police said.

Surveillance photo of suspects alleged to have shot at a motorist pumping gas at the BP, injuring a bystander, on May 31, 2022, in Oak Lawn.
Surveillance photo of suspects alleged to have shot at a motorist pumping gas at the BP, injuring a bystander, on May 31, 2022, in Oak Lawn. (Oak Lawn Police Department )

OAK LAWN, IL — Oak Lawn police are looking for three men they said shot at a driver as he was pumping gas Tuesday afternoon at an Oak Lawn gas station.

Around 5 p.m., police responded to a report of gunshots at the BP Amoco station at 110th Street and Pulaski Road. Officers said three men wearing reflective construction vests had jumped out of a black Dodge and opened fire at the driver of a white Chevrolet Suburban SUV who was pumping gas.

The SUV driver ran toward the gas station, then ran back to his vehicle and drove away.

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The gunmen fled at high speed in the Dodge, north on Pulaski Avenue, police said. License plate readers in the area captured the plate on the fleeing car: H414418. It had been reported stolen.

"At this time appears white Suburban was the target of the offenders," said Oak Lawn Police Chief Dan Vittorio.

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During the shooting, police said an innocent motorist suffered a graze wound to the shoulder when his vehicle was struck by gunfire. The motorist was treated and released at a local hospital.

Police released surveillance images showing two of the three suspects sitting in the front seat of a black Dodge wearing reflective construction vests. Anyone with information is asked to call the Oak Lawn Police Department’s detective division at 708-907-4051, or text tips to 708-613-8477.

Surveillance photo of suspects alleged to have shot at a motorist pumping gas at the BP, injuring an innocent bystander, on May 31, 2022, in Oak Lawn.

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