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Chicago Shootings Leave 1 Dead in Little Village, 2 Critically Wounded in South Loop

Police say both incidents remain under investigation with no arrests or suspect descriptions released.

Overview

  • Chicago police say a 29-year-old man was shot in the face and body outside a Little Caesars on the 2600 block of West Cermak and later died at a hospital.
  • Investigators report the attacker arrived in an unknown vehicle, an armed offender got out and opened fire before fleeing.
  • Officers on patrol heard gunfire around 10:41 p.m. in the South Loop and found two victims on the 2400 block of South Federal Street.
  • The South Loop victims, ages 23 and 20, were struck multiple times while traveling together in a vehicle and were hospitalized in critical condition.
  • Detectives recovered two firearms, bags of marijuana, and multiple spent shell casings linked to the South Loop scene, and evidence markers were visible at the Little Village site.