Chicago: A man opened fire during a verbal dispute in the city early Friday ChicagoTwo people died and three others were injured, police said.
Police said in a statement that the five men were leaving a business around 1.45 a.m. when the man with whom they were having an argument opened fire with a pistol.
Two people, aged 20, were declared brought dead at the hospital and two others were injured along with a fifth person, police said. The condition of the injured was stated to be fine.
Police said no one had been arrested, and did not release details about the suspected shooter. Shooting happened near Chicago Fire Department According to media reports the station
A police officer was shot hours later in a separate incident. His condition was not immediately known, the spokesperson Tom Ahearny Told.
Shootings in the city come amid a rise in deadly violence in Chicago in recent years, and shootings have occurred in other areas of the city this year, killing two people and injuring seven outside a fast-food restaurant and Millennium Park. A teenager was killed in a shootout.
However, the number of murders in Chicago so far this year is down from the same period in 2021, according to police.
Police said in a statement that the five men were leaving a business around 1.45 a.m. when the man with whom they were having an argument opened fire with a pistol.
Two people, aged 20, were declared brought dead at the hospital and two others were injured along with a fifth person, police said. The condition of the injured was stated to be fine.
Police said no one had been arrested, and did not release details about the suspected shooter. Shooting happened near Chicago Fire Department According to media reports the station
A police officer was shot hours later in a separate incident. His condition was not immediately known, the spokesperson Tom Ahearny Told.
Shootings in the city come amid a rise in deadly violence in Chicago in recent years, and shootings have occurred in other areas of the city this year, killing two people and injuring seven outside a fast-food restaurant and Millennium Park. A teenager was killed in a shootout.
However, the number of murders in Chicago so far this year is down from the same period in 2021, according to police.