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Aramark Employee at UI Health Sought in Off-Campus Double Shooting

University officials are urging anyone with information on Glenn Rhymes’s whereabouts to contact UIC or Chicago police.

Police cars parked outside UI Health’s OCC Clinic on Tuesday, July 22.
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Overview

  • Glenn Rhymes, a food service worker contracted through Aramark, brandished a firearm during a dispute with a patient at the OCC Clinic on Monday morning and was briefly detained by UIC police
  • After his release, Rhymes allegedly shot two people at a Chicago residence later that same day, one of whom was another Aramark employee
  • The Chicago Police Department has taken over the investigation into the off-campus shooting and is actively searching for the suspect
  • UIC public safety issued a precautionary alert for police activity near 1801 West Taylor Street and has tightened security protocols at the OCC Clinic
  • Officials have asked anyone with information on Rhymes’s location to call UIC police at 312-355-5555 or dial 911 to assist in the manhunt