Man dies after triple shooting on Near North Side

Demetrius Reed, 27, was fatally shot early Sunday on Dearborn Street near Division, authorities say.

SHARE Man dies after triple shooting on Near North Side
Ambulance hospital emergency file photo

Sun-Times file

A man was killed and two other people wounded in a shooting Sunday morning in Gold Coast on the Near North Side.

Demetrius Reed, 27, and the others were shot around 3:30 a.m. in the 1200 block of North Dearborn Street, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Reed was struck in his head and pronounced dead, authorities said.

A 23-year-old man was shot in his foot and a 29-year-old woman was shot in the foot and grazed in the leg, police said. Their wounds were not life-threatening.

No one was in custody.

The Latest
The Fire have been blanked in their last three games and haven’t scored since the 78th minute of their 2-1 victory against the Dynamo on April 6.
Another season of disappointment finally has executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas bagging “continuity” and looking to make bigger swings this summer. While trading Zach LaVine is priority number one, Vucevic is also expected to be shopped.
Waubonsie Valley’s Tyreek Coleman, Phillips’ EJ Horton, Lane Tech’s Dalton Scantlebury, Rolling Meadows’ Ian Miletic, Bolingbrook’s JT Pettigrew and Romeoville’s EJ Mosley are area talents looking to make big impression during key recruiting period.
The Red Stars already have sold more than 16,000 tickets, with Wrigley expected to hold about 37,000 after necessary adjustments to turn it from a baseball field to a soccer pitch.
Northerly Island should be a stunning urban space on par with Millennium Park. Instead, it’s the architectural equivalent of Felix and Oscar, with a 30,000-seat concert venue oddly coupled with a nature preserve.