44-year-old Adam Salas shot to death while driving in alley in Ravenswood

A man shot to death Sunday morning in the Ravenswood neighborhood on the Northwest Side has been identified as 44-year-old Adam Salas.

Salas was driving in an alley about 5:55 a.m. in the 4800 block of North Rockwell Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Someone came from around the corner and shot him in the chest, according to police. The shooter then ran away.

Salas, who lived in the West Town neighborhood, was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:39 a.m., authorities said. Police said he was 42, but the medical examiner’s office said he was 44.

Area North detectives are investigating.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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