An Uber driver was shot during an attempted robbery in South Shore early Sunday, and a woman who was sharing the ride with the gunman claims she ran into another armed robbery as she tried to escape the gunfire.
Shortly after 1 a.m. — 2 a.m. before the annual time change — Chicago police responded to the 6800 block of South Cornell Avenue after a 911 caller reported hearing a gunshot and then seeing a man lying on the ground as two people ran away. CPD said they found a 49-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his thigh lying in the street. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.
Investigators learned that the wounded man was an Uber driver who had been shot during an attempted robbery, according to a preliminary police report. A security officer told authorities that a man and a woman ran from the area…