Overview
- The suspect hijacked a gray 2025 Toyota Corolla in Austin around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and robbed two women at gunpoint in Humboldt Park at about 10:43 p.m.
- A 36-year-old concealed carry permit holder shot an armed 18-year-old multiple times in the chest and head after the suspect demanded his property, according to police.
- EMS transported the wounded teenager to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- Investigators found purses, phones and wallets belonging to the female victims inside the carjacked Toyota at the shooting scene.
- Chicago police continue to probe the circumstances and legal implications of the shooting under the city’s concealed carry laws.