DOLTON, Ill. — A traffic dispute in a Chicago suburb erupted into gunfire Wednesday, with four people taken to hospitals after being shot, authorities said.
Saul Mazon told the Chicago Tribune that he was on his way to a store when he saw several cars speeding down the street, one car hitting another and the vehicles pulling into a parking lot where people were getting out and yelling and arguing before he heard several. shots.
Dolton Village Trustee Kiana Belcher said she was in the drive-thru lane at a Dunkin Donuts when people in two vehicles started shooting at each other.
“The people involved were taken to the hospital,” Belcher said.
Four patients, all adults with gunshot wounds, were taken to different hospitals, said Dolton Fire Battalion Chief Jeremy Cole.
The shooting happened around 10 a.m