One man was killed and three others were wounded Monday afternoon in Greater Grand Crossing, the third mass shooting in Chicago in two days.
Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 7100 block of South State Street about 5:40 p.m. and found two men on the ground with gunshot wounds, police said.
A man had been arguing with another man when one of them opened fire, striking the other in the leg, Deputy Police Chief Don Jerome said, citing preliminary information.
The man was taken to St. Bernard’s Hospital.
A short time later, the gunman exchanged fire with someone else and was hit in the leg. Officers found him inside a Subway restaurant and he was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.
The second shooter remained at large Monday night.
Two men, believed to be bystanders, were hit by gunfire and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, Jerome said. One of them, a 59-year-old shot in the abdomen, later died there. The condition of the other, a 49-year-old shot in the head, was described as grave.
“It’s a tragic incident but a lot of good folks live out here,” Jerome said. “We believe it’s an isolated incident and, in this case fortunately, we at least have one of the offenders in custody and we’ll work hard to bring the second offender in custody as well,” Jerome said.
No other information was available.
On Sunday, eight people were shot in two attacks.
Two people opened fire Sunday afternoon in Rogers Park, killing a 19-year-old woman and injuring three other people. Later that day, three people were killed — including a 14-year-old boy — and one was injured in a mass shooting in a Chatham home.
