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$10,000 Reward Offered After West Garfield Park Shooting That Killed 3

Crime Stoppers is seeking tips that lead to an arrest in the case.

Overview

  • A West Garfield Park attack near a barbershop left three people dead and one man critically wounded on Friday afternoon.
  • Witnesses told police a car pulled up near Pulaski Road and Maypole Avenue and at least two people opened fire on four people standing on the sidewalk.
  • The Cook County Medical Examiner identified one victim as 32-year-old Rickia Williams, while a 36-year-old man and another male victim also died and a 35-year-old man remains in critical condition.
  • Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $10,000 for information and asks anyone with tips to call 1-800-535-7867 as Area 4 detectives investigate.
  • Hours earlier in Calumet Heights, a 44-year-old man was shot multiple times while sitting in a car near a KFC on East 95th Street and later died at the University of Chicago Medical Center, with the shooter fleeing and Area Two detectives probing the case.