Overview
- A 17-year-old Tilden High student, Pedro Ramirez, was struck by a stray bullet and killed while walking to school in Back of the Yards during a mass rifle shooting that occurred Tuesday morning.
- Police say four masked people in a stolen black Jeep exited behind a red minivan and fired dozens of rifle rounds toward the vehicle before fleeing on foot.
- Officers chased the Jeep, recovered one pistol and one rifle, and briefly detained one occupant who was released without charges on Thursday as the probe continues.
- Two men inside the targeted minivan were shot, drove to call 911, were treated at Stroger Hospital and are expected to survive.
- Family, classmates and Tilden High have organized memorials and support services, and the shooting has intensified community calls for faster arrests and stronger measures to protect students and bystanders.