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Separate Chicago Shootings Leave Three Wounded and Two Dead

Detectives are investigating two unrelated shootings that happened hours apart with no arrests reported.

Overview

  • A drive-up shooting in University Village, which happened early Thursday morning, wounded three people including a 59-year-old woman taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
  • Police said a black vehicle pulled up on the 1300 block of West Hasting Street, shots were fired at people outside, and the driver fled eastbound on Hasting Street.
  • Hours later on Thursday afternoon officers found two men with multiple gunshot wounds behind a home on the 7800 block of West Cahill Terrace who were taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and later died.
  • Area Five detectives are investigating both incidents, and police have not released victim names, motives, or any suspect information and no arrests have been made.
  • The incidents are likely to increase neighborhood concern and police presence as detectives continue evidence collection and seek witnesses to explain what led to the shootings.