A person was shot alongside Chicago’s lakefront north of Montrose Seaside on Monday night, marking Uptown’s fourth capturing of the 12 months, a quantity that’s properly beneath the neighborhood’s typical efficiency.
Chicago police stated the assault occurred round 5:19 p.m. within the 4800 block of North Simmons Drive. The 27-year-old sufferer was standing exterior a car when a person approached, pulled out a handgun, and opened fireplace, in response to CPD.
Officers arrived to seek out the sufferer affected by a gunshot wound to his arm and a graze wound on his again. Police utilized a tourniquet on the scene to manage bleeding earlier than paramedics transported him to Illinois Masonic Medical Middle, the place he was listed in good situation.
A witness advised police the shooter ran right into a light-colored sedan — described as white, tan, or silver — that had a particular black rear bumper. The gunman was described as a Black male carrying black shorts. He stays at massive.
Up to now this 12 months, Uptown has seen 4 folks shot, down sharply from 10 by this level in 2024. In earlier years, the operating tallies have been even larger: 12 in each 2023 and 2022, 15 in 2021, and 10 every in 2020 and 2019.
