Chicago shooting: Rideshare driver speaks out after 19-year-old passenger shot to death near UIC

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The rideshare driver whose passenger was shot to death in his car near UIC is opening up about the traumatic experience.

The shooting occurred at about 8:55 p.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of West Taylor Street. Police said Jaleal Goins was inside a rideshare when someone walked up and shot him, then ran off.
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Rideshare driver Robert Smith drove Goins to Rush University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Smith said the entire experience left him deeply shaken.

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No one is in custody and Area Three detectives are investigating.

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