Chicago police say a man who was shot and seriously wounded was a known street gang member and may have been the target of a planned assassination

Associated Press:

Twenty-nine year-old Coy Freeman was reported in critical condition late last night at Stroger Hospital.

Police say two of Freeman's children were also wounded by bullets that passed through their father's body, but their injuries were only minor. Two other children who were in the car at the time of the shooting yesterday morning were not injured.

Officers say Freeman was a known member of the Mickey Cobras street gang and had recently been released from the Cook County Jail after police dropped drug charges against him.

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