The shooting happened blocks away from Loyola’s Water Tower campus near 10 E. The ensuing chaos following the shooting spilled onto the nearby Red Line subway as cops searched for a suspect and a gun, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. One victim was listed in “grave” condition, while the other gunshot victims were in serious or critical, the spokesman said. The investigation is ongoing.- Tom Ahern May 20, 2022įive gunshot victims and one burn victim were taken to hospitals following the shooting, the Tribune reported, citing a fire department spokesman. Police at the scene where a gunman opened fire on the 800 block of North State Street in Chicago’s 18th District.
“Area residents, commuters and others simply must have the peace of mind that this highly trafficked area is safe, and it is time for more specific, concrete steps to be taken to address this area once and for all,” Lightfoot said. Mayor Lori Lightfoot in a statement characterized the shooting as an “outrageous act of violence” while promising to put more cops on the street in the area, including a fixed post at the intersection where the shooting occurred. “This is an ongoing crime scene that needs to be processed for evidence,” Brown told reporters.įollowing the mass shooting, “fixed” police posts were created in the area, as well as a roving post and additional details in the nearby subway terminal, Brown said. Investigators were still gathering evidence at the bloody scene early Friday. It’s unclear what the fight was about, but Brown said it was another incident amid Chicago’s “gun crime crisis” and more senseless violence. He was arrested while he tried to flee the scene in the 800 block of North State Street into a nearby Red Line subway station, Brown said. The lone gunman shot nine people in all, two fatally. One person was in custody, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown told reporters at a press conference.Ī “personal conflict” sparked the shooting, according to Brown, who declined to provide the suspect’s name or age before charges were filed. Thursday just blocks away from the Magnificent Mile and Loyola University’s Water Tower campus.
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