Carpentersville police still investigating shooting at Fox View
Posted October 30, 2009 11:00 pm
A 36-year-old Carpentersville man was injured Thursday night after being shot in the arm while riding in a car in the Fox View Apartments, Carpentersville police said.
Cmdr. Michael Kilbourne said the victim was a passenger in a car on Oxford Road when a man walking down a sidewalk in the apartment complex opened fire on the vehicle at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
Kilbourne said between two and six shots were fired at the car.
One of the shots hit the passenger in the arm, Kilbourne said.
The passenger was treated at a hospital for a nonlife threatening injury, Kilbourne said. Police are searching for the shooter. Kilbourne said he is unsure whether it was a gang shooting.
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