6-month-old boy wounded, man killed in Heart of Chicago neighborhood shooting

A 6-month-old boy was grazed on his cheek by gunfire that also killed a man driving Wednesday morning in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood, officials said.

Around 10:45 a.m., a 35-year-old man and the boy were northbound in the 2400 block of South Oakley Avenue when a blue vehicle approached and someone inside opened fire and struck them both, Chicago police said.

The child was taken to Stroger Hospital with a graze wound to his cheek, police said. He was listed in good condition.

The man, who was driving, was shot multiple times in his head and body and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

He plowed into two parked vehicles shortly after the shooting, officials said.

Officers cordoned off a red Jeep with its front passenger seat window shattered and which the victims appear to have been inside.

The blue vehicle fled south on Oakley Avenue, authorities said.

Along the block around noon, students played outside at an elementary school within eyesight of the shooting scene and a helicopter hovered above the red and yellow tape surrounding the intersection of 24th Street and Oakley Avenue.

Oakley Avenue, lined with small homes, shops and restaurants, was quiet with some residents standing outside and watching the commotion.

Officers declined to comment with any updates about the shooting, though investigators could be seen surveying damage to a shop’s glass door that had shattered, leaving shards of glass strewn across the sidewalk.

Rich Moroni, who was steps away from the scene watching with his dog, said he had been outside since police arrived.

“I didn’t hear the bullets,” Moroni said. “When I started hearing the cop cars flying all over the place I came out. They were going down every street.”

Most of the first responders left and tape was removed around 12:30 p.m., according to neighbors.

No one was in custody.

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