Chicago rideshare driver critically shot while dropping off customer on the South Side

A rideshare driver was shot while dropping off a passenger in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood Saturday, according to police. 

Chicago police said the 40-year-old driver was dropping off a passenger in the 5400 block of south California Avenue shortly before 5 a.m., when someone on foot began to fire shots in his direction from in between parked cars on the street.

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The driver was struck in the abdomen and taken to Christ Hospital in critical condition, police said. 

No one is in custody and Area One detectives are investigating. 

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