A University of Chicago student is among the victims killed in the shooting, Chicago police said. Another victim was a woman who was shot after being taken hostage at an IHOP in Evanston, according to Evanston police.
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Chicago police identified the suspect as Jason Nightengale. Nightengale also died after a shooting involving police, officials said.
The crime scene tape wraps around the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood, marking one of the points at what is believed to be a random shooting.
Around 2:40 p.m., a person entered the lobby of an apartment building at 4900 block of South East End Avenue and asked him to use a phone before opening fire, Chicago police said.
“He proceeded to enter the building and I think she told him he had to leave the building and then shot him. So he started running and he shot him again,” said a neighbor who he did not want to be identified. .
One woman was hit in the face and the other in the chest, according to police.
The woman who was hit in the chest was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, police said. The other woman was taken to the same hospital in critical condition.
Neighbors say the murdered woman was the gatekeeper to the complex.
“He was a good person. He has two children I know,” the neighbor said.
A few blocks away, a U of C student was also shot dead in a garage at the Regent Park apartment complex on 5000 block of S. East End Avenue, according to police and school officials. .
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The university received a notification shortly after 5 p.m. that a student had been discovered in a car with a firearm, officials said in a statement to the university community.
The university issued a statement saying, “This is deeply painful news for the university community and our South Side neighborhood. The University will support members of our community affected by this incident.”
“We’re responding to the scene as the crimes are happening, getting information and again going to the next one as we try to keep up with what happened earlier,” the Chicago police superintendent said. David Brown. all in all, it’s here in Evanston. “
Evanston police later responded to a call about a gunman at an Evanston CVS store near Asbury and Howard around 5:40 p.m. When they arrived, the suspect ran down the street to an IHOP, where he shot a woman who was allegedly taken hostage. , according to Evanston police chief Demitrous Cook.
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“Because IHOP was parked here, there was a body that shot to the ground. The woman was probably in her mid-40s and bleeding,” witness Israel Lopez said.
The man directed police to a chase east by Howard, where they exchanged gunfire near a General Dollar parking lot and Nightengale was mortally wounded, officials said.
“There was an exchange of gunfire. I’m not sure who fired first, but it was in response to the violence he perpetrated in our city,” Cook said.
The woman taken hostage was critically injured, police said.
A 15-year-old girl is also in critical condition after being shot in the head while sitting in the back seat of a car her mother was driving in the Chicago area. Police are investigating whether this shooting is also connected.
Evanston investigators are collaborating with Chicago police to reconcile the Nightengale crime party that began on the south side of Chicago.
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The Cook County Medical Office has not yet identified the victims.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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