Rideshare passenger shot and killed on South Side ID’d
CHICAGO — The man who was shot and killed while sitting in a rideshare vehicle on the city’s South Side early Wednesday morning has been identified, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office (CCMEO).
The CCMEO identified the man as 23-year-old Dontius M. Wilson.
The shooting happened around 1 a.m. in the 600 block of West 69th Street in the Englewood neighborhood.
Police said the man, later identified as Wilson, was a passenger in a rideshare vehicle, when someone inside a dark-colored sedan fired shots.
Wilson was shot multiple times. He was transported to the University of Chicago Hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead.
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No other injuries were reported.
No one is in custody. Area One Detectives are investigating.
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