CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was killed and an eight-year-old boy hospitalized after a shooting in the Chatham neighborhood late Thursday night, Chicago police said.
The 26-year-old man was inside a car parked at a gas station in the first block of East 87th Street at about 11:58 p.m. when police said he was shot at by three suspects in a black sedan.
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The victim tried to drive away, but hit a parked car on State Street, causing the car to flip and roll over.
An eight-year-old boy was inside the car at the time of the shooting and crash. Police said he was transported to Comer Children's Hospital in good condition as a precaution.
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No one is in custody and Area Two detectives are investigating.
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