Rideshare driver shot and killed, passenger injured on Near West Side
By MUGO ODIGWE
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CHICAGO (WBBM) — A rideshare driver was killed and a passenger was injured after shots were fired at their vehicle Monday night on the Near West Side.
Just after 9 p.m., the rideshare driver and passenger were stopped at a red light at Roosevelt Road and Blue Island Avenue, close to St. Ignatius College Prep, when four men in a silver sport-utility vehicle pulled up and fired shots.
The 31-year-old driver was shot in the torso and was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital of Cook County.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office has identified him as 31-year-old Milton Pillacela Ayora.
The 34-year-old male passenger was shot in the legs and taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
No arrests have been made.
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