Skokie Man Killed By Stray Bullet At His Chicago Gas Station

SKOKIE, IL — A Skokie businessman died Tuesday after he was struck by gunfire at a gas station he owned on Chicago's Near West Side. Police said was not the intended target of the shooting, which also wounded a 17-year-old boy.

Mubashar Khan, 64, was fatally shot at the BP gas station at 101 N. Western Ave. shortly after 10:30 a.m., according to Chicago police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

Khan was reportedly outside, unloading items from the trunk of his car when a black Lexus sedan pulled up. Four men got out and opened fire, police said, citing surveillance video.

One of about a dozen bullets they fired struck Khan in the chest. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 4 p.m. His death was ruled a homicide.

Police said the 17-year-old was struck twice in the left arm but managed to get himself to Stroger Hospital. No updates were available on his condition.

All four gunmen were described as between 20 and 30 years old. One was wearing a black and white hooded sweatshirt, according to police.

Video from a neighboring business shows the teenage victim and possible intended target run north and jump a fence to escape the gunfire.

As of Friday, no images of the suspects were available, and no one was in custody, police said. They asked anyone with information about the killing to contact detectives at 312-744-8261 or online.

Khan, who was remembered as a generous family man, came to Chicago from Pakistan 35 years ago and owned three gas stations in Chicago.

Friends and family said he had been a victim of the city's gun violence before, having survived a gunshot wound to the head several years ago at a different business on the South Side.