A person was shot and killed with rifle fireplace in Wicker Park in a single day.
Officers responded to calls of photographs fired within the 1500 block of North Honore Road round 1:47 a.m. and located the sufferer in an alley close to North Avenue.
He had suffered a number of gunshot wounds and was pronounced lifeless. Officers had not recognized the sufferer as of Saturday morning, however Chicago police mentioned he gave the impression to be between 18 and 25 years outdated.
Witnesses informed officers they noticed a purple SUV rushing out of the alley after the capturing. Police discovered 4 shell casings from rifle rounds on the scene.
The sufferer is the second particular person shot in Wicker Park and Bucktown this 12 months. The one different capturing occurred within the 2200 block of West Cortland Road on June 28.
That quantity marks a discount in shootings for the neighborhood. By date this final 12 months, three individuals had been shot in Wicker Park and Bucktown. There have been 9 victims at this level in 2023, six in 2022, and 9 in 2021.
Editor’s observe: It was initially believed that the primary capturing of 2025 in all of Chicago occurred within the neighborhood, however police later decided that the person who was shot offered incorrect info to police.
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