The 31-year-old driver was shot in the torso and was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital.
-- A rideshare driver was killed and a passenger was injured after shots were fired at their vehicle Monday night on the Near West Side.
As CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reported Tuesday, 31-year-old Lyft driver Milton Pillacela Ayora moved to the U.S. 15 years ago from Ecuador. His family said at the time of the shooting, he happened to be on the phone with his brother – who could hear the rounds of gunshots on the other line.It was just after 9 p.m. Tuesday when Ayora and his and passenger were stopped at a red light at Roosevelt Road and Blue Island Avenue, close to St. Ignatius College Prep.
On Tuesday afternoon, a memorial of flowers and prayer candles was set up along the wrought-iron fence in front of the landscaped garden that sets off St. Ignatius' Gentile Gym from Roosevelt Road. Meanwhile, this was not the first attack we have told you about involving a rideshare driver. Advocates for rideshare drivers tell us news like this does not get any easier.
"These are good individuals - hardworking, honest people that are taking these risks and have to deal with the aftermath of it - and these families that have to pick up the pieces afterwards," said Lenny Sanchez, director of the Illinois chapter of the Independent Drivers Guild and organizer for Justice for App Workers."It's just heartbreaking."Police late Tuesday were still looking for the four men in that gray SUV.
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