Chicago man’s Facebook video captures the moment he is shot by assailant on the street WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

A Chicago man’s Facebook video appeared to capture the moment he was shot by an assailant on the street.

The video, which surfaced on social media Thursday, showed an unidentified man standing in front of a convenience store talking to his followers before a barrage of gunfire.

The man in a White Sox cap joked in his video that the owners of the store had to open it up because he needed “somewhere to duck and hide for cover.”

In the seconds before the shots ring out he pans, to his surroundings before gazing down the street.

The phone then drops to the ground, showing a chilling juxtaposition of a clear blue sky and the assailant, who stands over the device and fires at least 16 shots.

After a brief moment of silence, a male voice is heard saying that he will take the victim to the hospital, and a woman begins wailing.

The video’s authenticity or date could not be immediately confirmed.

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-At one point the phone drops to the ground, looking up at the assailant and shell casings falling from his gun.

A Chicago Police spokesman said he could not comment directly on the video, but told the Daily News that a 31-year-old man had been shot at the same intersection at 4:48 p.m. on Thursday.

The victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was in critical condition at a local hospital as of 9 p.m. local time.

His assailant is believed to have approached on foot before fleeing in a car.

A law enforcement source told the News that the victim is a documented gang member.

Police statistics said that as of Wednesday morning there had been 727 people shot and 135 homicides so far this year in the city of Chicago.

However, the Chicago Tribune reported at 9 p.m. that nine more people had been shot during the course of the day, including a 23-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman, who were both killed.

The incident is the latest in the city’s most violent start to a year since 1999.

Earlier this week a young woman named Camiella Williams, 28, told The Trace that she has lost 23 loved ones to shootings, and is now an anti-gun violence advocate.

As the story was being edited another one of her friends, 27-year-old Cordero Mosley, was shot six times and died.

Source: Nydailynews