David J. Plank was shot to death and 17-year-old girl wounded Wednesday afternoon in the Avalon Park neighborhood.
About 2:15 p.m., the 54-year-old Plank was driving to work in the 8400 block of South Stony Island when he heard gunfire and realized he’d been hit in the upper torso, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Police said the bullet entered Plank’s vehicle through the passenger door.
Plank, of the 9000 block of South Parkside in Oak Lawn, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 3:11 p.m., authorities said. An autopsy Thursday ruled his death a homicide.
A 17-year-old girl who was walking in the area suffered a graze wound to the right calf, police said. She was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she was treated and released.
Neither Plank nor the teen are thought to be the intended targets of the shooting, police said Thursday afternoon. Police initially thought Plank was shot during a “possible road rage incident,” but that proved not to be the case. It was not clear who was being targeted in the shooting.
The suspect may have been driving or shooting from a white, four-door car, police said. Area South detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire