Overview
- Chicago police found a 34-year-old man unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the throat inside AbuHashish Smoke Shop Thursday night and he later died at Lutheran General.
- The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the victim as 34-year-old Mohammad Abuhashish of Norridge.
- A nearby witness reported seeing a masked person in the store and then a male gunman run from the scene, and officers were flagged down from a traffic stop; no arrests have been made.
- Investigators are reviewing the shop’s surveillance system, checking hospital intake records, and asking the public for tips and video to help identify a suspect.
- The killing comes during a recent weekend surge in shootings that has stretched police resources and increased reliance on community tips to solve cases.