The shooting happened about 10:40 p.m. near Chicago Avenue and State Street. Fire officials said the eight wounded were taken to hospitals in serious to critical condition.
Chicago police investigate the scene where multiple people were shot at Chicago Avenue and State Street on Thursday night.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/ Sun-Times
Two people were killed and at least eight others were wounded when a fight broke out near a McDonald’s on the Near North Side Thursday night.
The shooting happened about 10:40 p.m. near Chicago Avenue and State Street, according to Chicago police spokesman Tom Ahern.
Paramedics wheeled stretcher after stretcher under police tape. The eight wounded were taken to hospitals in serious to critical condition, with at least one of them undergoing surgery, fire officials said. Their ages were not immediately known.
The chaotic scene quickly spilled onto the nearly Red Line as police searched for a suspect and a gun, stopping at least one train and evacuating passengers. CTA officials were stationed near the subway entrance as police combed the tracks.
At least one person was taken into custody and a weapon was recovered, Ahern said.
Chicago police work the scene where two people were killed and at least eight others wounded in a mass shooting at Chicago Avenue and State Street on the Near North Side,
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
Police didn’t release additional details, but witnesses said the shooting stemmed from a fight outside the McDonald’s.
“When the fight first started, we were right next to them,” said Deonna Jackson, 18. ”We had to run because I didn’t want anyone to swing on me.”
“We were literally right there,” she said. ”The person that they jumped on, we were talking to the people he was with, which turned out to be some girls.”
“We get to 7/11, we turn around and they just get to shooting, to shooting like crazy,” Jackson said.
Tensions erupted among the crowd of onlookers, some of them yelling as officers blocked off the streets around the McDonald’s. Some in the crowd began fighting with each other and officers quickly moved in to break them up.
One person asked an officer why it had to be this way. ”It doesn’t have to be,” the officer responded.
Shootings have been spiking downtown all year. They are up 225% in the 18th District, which includes the McDonald’s. In the 1st District which covers parts of downtown and the Loop, shootings are up 100%.
A witness at the scene said the shooting stemmed from a fight outside a nearby McDonald’s.
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
Everybody knows what the real problem is. To say anything else is to be delusional like a democrat..............
ReplyDeleteHas Larry Lightfoot ever assumed responsibility for anything that has happened in the city since she became Mayor? She blamed the parents for last night shootings.
DeleteOnly way to stop this is hard time when convicted. 5-10 years. No early release.
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