Overview
- Five masked gunmen jumped from a gray Honda and opened fire in the 500 block of North State Street, with the shooting happening around 3:20 a.m. on Wednesday and dozens to more than 100 shell casings recovered at the scene.
- A 30-year-old man was shot multiple times and later died at a hospital while a 65-year-old man was struck in the foot and is in fair condition.
- Officials and an alderman described the incident as a targeted, gang-on-gang hit and said the slain man had prior gang ties and weapons convictions.
- The shooters fled in the Honda, which carried stolen plates, and police later found the vehicle burned on the West Side; no arrests have been reported and the CPD investigation is active.
- Aldermen and police commanders have requested and pledged increased late-night downtown patrols for the July 4 weekend as part of a wider debate over resource levels and recent citywide shootings.