Overview
- A string of Chicago shootings that unfolded Thursday morning left three people dead and one man in critical condition.
- In Edgewater around 7:19 a.m., two men were shot on the 1400 block of West Thome Avenue, with a 53-year-old taken to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition and the other man pronounced dead.
- Police recovered two guns at the Edgewater scene, and Belmont Area detectives have not determined whether the men shot each other or were struck by a third shooter.
- In Garfield Park at about 6:15 a.m., several attackers got out of a blue car and shot a 19-year-old who was getting into his vehicle, and he died at the scene with no arrests reported.
- In Ashburn around 8:20 a.m., officers found a 54-year-old shot on West 86th Street and he was later pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital, with both that case and the Garfield Park killing under investigation and renewed debate over how quickly shootings are detected.