Chicago rapper Lil Reese critically wounded in Country Club Hills shooting: reports

Chicago rapper Lil Reese was shot and critically wounded Monday at an intersection in south suburban Country Club Hills, according to media reports.

About 2:30 p.m., officers responded to the area of 167th Street and Pulaski Road for reports of a shooting, Country Club Hills police said.

When they arrived, officers found a vehicle with fresh blood in the driver’s seat and on the ground next to the door, police said. Witnesses said a man had taken the victim from the scene.

Officers checked nearby hospitals and found a male with a gunshot wound to the neck area at South Suburban Hospital’s emergency room in Hazel Crest, police said. He was expected to be transferred to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

According to news reports, hospital officials identified the person wounded in the shooting as Chicago rapper Tavares Taylor, also known as Lil Reese.

Hours after the shooting, fellow Chicago rapper and frequent collaborator Lil Durk tweeted “Reese good” with a blue heart emoji.

Christ Medical Center spokeswoman Johnna Kelly said in an email Tuesday morning that Tavares Taylor was not listed in the hospital’s patient directory. She said patients have a right to privacy, and to opt out of the patient directory. Kelly reportedly told a news outlet Monday that Taylor was in critical condition.

Country Club Hills police declined to provide the identity of the person shot to the Chicago Sun-Times on Monday night.

No arrests have been reported. Country Club Hills police are investigating.

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