Chicago motorist killed after being struck by stray bullet
Posted February 17, 2021 6:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - A stray bullet killed a 68-year-old man as he drove on Chicago's South Side, police said.
The man was in a vehicle in the Bridgeport neighborhood around 6 p.m. Tuesday when gunfire pierced the rear window and struck him in the back of his head, police said. His vehicle then collided with a snowbank.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identifed him as Alva Besst. He was rushed to a hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead a short time later, it said.
He was not the intended target of the shooting, police said.
No arrests have been made.
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