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4 people shot during a funeral procession near Chicago, police say

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A spray of bullets aimed at a funeral procession in a Chicago suburb left four men injured, one critically, according to police.

The shooting happened Saturday afternoon in the village of Oak Park as the line of vehicles traveled from Chicago to a cemetery in Des Plaines, about 20 miles northwest of the city, according to the Oak Park Police Department.

A white pickup truck pulled alongside one of the procession’s vehicles and opened fire, striking two passengers, police said in a news release.

Both victims were transported to Loyola Medical Center, where one is in critical condition and the other is in critical but stable condition, according to police.

Two passengers in a second vehicle within the procession were also shot and were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital.

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