Overview
- A 32-year-old man was shot twice in the back around 9:05 p.m. Wednesday on the 1100 block of South State Street in the Loop.
- Police say surveillance shows the gunman emerging from the Roosevelt CTA station with a gun moments before the attack.
- The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is listed in critical condition after witnesses flagged down a passing patrol car.
- Footage leaves unclear whether the shooter re-entered the station or got into a waiting SUV, and no arrest has been announced.
- This was the eighth person shot in the Loop this year, lower than 2023 and 2024 counts at this point but higher than 2019 and far below 2021–2022 peaks.