CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A man out to help a friend on the Southwest Side became a carjacking victim Monday night, and is now in the hospital after being shot.
According to Chicago police, the 28-year-old man had just finished changing his friend’s flat tire around 6:25 p.m. in the 4700 block of West 64th Street when things took a turn. Police said a male approached the 28-year old and demanded the keys to the car, which the man did not want to give up.
A struggle ensued, and when the carjacker pulled out a gun, the man knocked the gun from the carjacker’s hand.
The carjacker retrieved the gun and fired a shot, striking the man in the head, police said, before driving away in the Nissan Altima.
The man was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, police said.
At the scene, officers placed several evidence markers around a wrench and what appeared to be a weapon magazine.
The suspect was described as 18- to 25-years old and about 6-foot-1. He was wearing dark clothing and a ski mask.
Area One detectives are investigating.
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