Overview
- Four people, including a child, have died and three others were hospitalized after a fire tore through a three-story Austin apartment building on June 26, prompting a joint arson investigation by Chicago police and the ATF.
- More than 20 residents were displaced and investigators are examining reports of gunshots and a domestic dispute preceding the blaze as crews sift through the wreckage for one unaccounted person.
- Chicago police detained a 55-year-old Park District lifeguard after he shot two teens at Douglass Park, killing a 15-year-old and critically wounding a 14-year-old while claiming self-defense.
- The Chicago Park District has closed the Douglass Park pool for review and mobilized crisis support for staff and community members as COPA and CPD investigate the incident.
- Separate inquiries are underway into other recent shootings, including the stray-bullet killing of a 36-year-old woman in Brooklyn, a fatal accidental shooting of a 14-year-old in Cleveland and nonfatal attacks in Englewood and on Chicago’s South Side.