Overview

• On Wednesday evening a 32-year-old man was shot in the head by occupants of a light-colored pickup truck on North Kimball Avenue and crashed into a nearby home, causing property damage but no injuries to residents.
• The head-shot victim is in critical condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
• Less than 24 hours earlier, Jay Gabel was robbed at gunpoint near North Milwaukee and Belmont avenues and suffered a shattered fibula, and he has begun months of physical therapy after being released from the hospital.
• No suspects have been apprehended and Chicago Police Department Area Five detectives are actively investigating both incidents.
• The incidents reflect a broader summer surge in targeted drive-by shootings and armed robberies escalating to severe violence on Chicago’s Northwest Side.