Friday, May 20, 2022

Two dead and eight wounded in Chicago mass shooting

Meanwhile, we are ten days away from what Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling the Summer of Joy.

From NBC Chicago:

At least two people were killed and another eight wounded Thursday night in a deadly mass shooting near a McDonald's in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood, police say. 

The shooting occurred around 10:40 p.m. Thursday in the 800 Block of North State Street outside of a McDonald's near Chicago Avenue and State Street, Chicago Police spokesperson Tom Ahern said.

According to police, five adult gunshot victims were transported to area hospitals. The two fatally wounded were both men. Two other men and one woman were last listed in serious condition, officials said. One gun was recovered and a suspect is in custody, police say. 

An investigation is ongoing.

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