Man shot during road rage incident in Libertyville

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. - A man was wounded during a road rage shooting in Libertyville Tuesday night.

At about 6:15 p.m., Lake County Sheriff's Deputies and Libertyville police responded to a gas station at Route 137 and Milwaukee Avenue for a person who called 911 and said he was shot.

When officers arrived at the scene, they located a 32-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his leg.

A tourniquet was applied to the man's wound, and he was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

According to preliminary information, the victim was in the area of Route 137 and O'Plaine Road when he believes he may have cut off the offender while driving.

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The offender then became enraged, pulled alongside the victim's vehicle, produced a firearm and shot toward the victim at least once.

The victim was struck and drove a short distance further, pulled over and called 911.

The shooting remains under investigation.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Lake County Sheriff's detectives at (847)-377-4000.