Man shot at in car in west Evanston

A 27-year-old man was shot at in a car on Saturday evening in west Evanston, according to police.

The man was sitting in a car with several other people shortly before 5:15 p.m. in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue, said Perry Polinski, a spokesman for the Evanston Police Department. Another man approached from behind the car and fired several shots into the driver’s side.

No one was hurt, Polinski said.

$640 in items taken from apartment near campus

More than $600 worth of belongings was stolen Saturday from an apartment near the Northwestern campus, according to police.

Polinski said the resident, a 21-year-old man, left open the front door of the apartment in the 1900 block of Maple Avenue. Between noon and 8 p.m., someone entered the apartment and took an Xbox, Toshiba 32-inch flat-screen television, video game controller, pillow and food.

The items are valued at about $640, Polinski said.

The apartment is about two blocks west of campus.

— Patrick Svitek