3 shot while working at CHA building in University Village

Three employees were wounded, one of them critically, in a shooting Tuesday morning at a Chicago Housing Authority maintenance building on the Near West Side.

They were working in the rear of the premises in the 1300 block of South Loomis Avenue when someone pulled up at 8 a.m. in a BMW and opened fire, Chicago police said.

One man was shot four times and taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said. The 56-year-old had gunshot wounds to his shoulder, back, abdomen and buttocks.

Another man, 46, was taken to the same hospital in good condition with a gunshot wound to his buttocks, police said. The third man, 31, went to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition with gunshots to his legs.

The gunman wore a red shirt and a black, orange and white mask, police said. He drove off in a white, four-door BMW.

They employees worked for CHA’s property manager, Eastlake Management, according to CHA spokesman Matt Aguilar.

“The health and safety of our staff and residents are priorities for the Chicago Housing Authority, and our thoughts are with the victims of this morning’s incident at ABLA Homes,” Aguilar said in a statement. “The Chicago Police Department is conducting its investigation of today’s unfortunate incident, and CHA and Eastlake Management, the contract property manager, are cooperating to provide CPD information for this investigation.”

In 2018, a shooting in the same block wounded six people and resulted in the death of a 17-year-old Erin Carey, who paramedics left untreated under a sheet for over an hour while he was still breathing. In response to the incident, the Chicago Fire Department enacted new protocols to avoid what it called a “tragic error.”

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