Chicago Police: School bus driver struck by stray bullet as he drove his bus through black neighborhood

A 61-year-old school bus driver was struck by a stray bullet while driving through the South Side's Washington Park neighborhood this afternoon, police said.

The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m., as the man drove an empty school bus down the 300 block of East 61st Street, police said.

The man sustained a gunshot wound to his hand and was listed in good condition at the University of Chicago Hospital.

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