Wicker Park fender bender ends with shooting of 11-year-old boy

An 11-year-old boy is recovering at a hospital after being shot following a minor traffic crash Friday morning on the Northwest Side.

Around 8:30 a.m., the boy was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a crash in the 1400 block of North Western Avenue, police said.

But when the driver of one of the involved vehicles attempted to exchange information, the other driver displayed a weapon and began firing at the vehicle containing the boy, police said.

The boy was wounded in the left hand and he was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was in good condition, police said.

No one was in custody.