A 32-year-old man fled onto the Howard CTA platform after being shot close by on Sunday evening, witnesses stated.
Officers responded round 10:23 p.m. to a name of an individual shot within the 7500 block of North Ashland Avenue. They discovered the person on the platform with a gunshot wound to his mouth. A blood path stretched from the road into the practice station, the place he was discovered.
Chicago Hearth Division paramedics handled him on the scene earlier than taking him to St. Francis Hospital, the place he was listed in honest situation. The sufferer was unable to offer officers with additional particulars, in accordance with CPD.
Officers have been advised to be looking out for a bunch of 4 individuals who left the world, all Black males between 17 and 20 years previous, 5 toes 7 inches to six toes tall. A witness reported that one was carrying a pink masks, one other a black shirt, and one other a white shirt.
Sunday’s assault pushed Rogers Park’s capturing complete for 2025 to 16 victims. That’s another than the year-to-date depend in 2024. However this yr’s complete stays nicely under 2023, when 28 individuals have been shot by way of late August. The neighborhood additionally noticed increased tallies in 2022 and 2021, with 19 and 17 victims by this time of yr.
One other man was shot within the neighborhood early Saturday morning. Witnesses reported listening to discuss gang affiliation moments earlier than somebody fired pictures from a car within the 6500 block of North Ashland, placing the sufferer in each legs.
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