CHICAGO (CBS) — An Uber driver was shot in the back early Saturday morning as he dropped off a customer.
Around 1:30 a.m. the driver pulled over in the 2200 block of West 21st Street in the city’s Heart of Chicago neighborhood to let a man out when someone standing in a group on the corner nearby started shooting.
READ MORE: 5 Killed, 18 Wounded In Chicago Weekend ShootingsA bullet grazed the 46-year-old driver’s back, but he refused treatment on the scene.
Police believe his passenger may have been the intended target.
READ MORE: Chicago Weather: Colder And Blustery Sunday NightNo one is in custody, and Area Three detectives are investigating.
Uber released the following statement:
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