Overview
- The shooting, which occurred early Saturday, June 13, left 21-year-old Martin Isaac Cantu Murillo of South Bend dead after a person approached a crowd at a sideshow in the Ford City Mall parking lot and opened fire.
- Video from the scene and an officer’s count of about 25 shell casings show rapid, sustained bursts of fire consistent with a fully automatic weapon or a semiautomatic pistol fitted with an illegal conversion device.
- Witness footage shows the shooter fleeing in a red SUV, no arrests have been announced, and Chicago police say the investigation remains active.
- The main mall building is set to close on June 22 after city attorneys filed an emergency motion citing flooding, open wiring, a faulty fire suppression system, poor lighting, and large vacant spaces, and Alderman Derrick G. Curtis said vacancy could worsen safety risks without new ownership and security.
- Informal stunt-driving 'sideshows' have drawn large, sometimes dangerous crowds across Chicago, and the Ford City killing highlights enforcement challenges and the risk that an unsecured, dilapidated site could invite more violent gatherings and public-safety incidents.