A man was critically ill on Wednesday night after being shot in the North Avenue Beach the night before.
Then the incident, Three Chicago Police officers were injured in Chicago shooting when they broke up an argument in the nearby Old Town.
A poster posted on social media encouraged participants to join a “trend” at the beach Tuesday evening. Just after 4:00 p.m., the young crowd began arriving on North Avenue Beach for the event.
The weather was still clear and hot; just before the nightfall of Tuesday evening night, the Chicago Police Department made two arrests between 5 and 6 p.m.
Two young people aged 20 and 21 years young was taken into custody.
At about 9:00 p.m., Chicago police stated that a man aged 19 was at North Avenue Beach when he was shot several times by a third man.
The latest video released by Chicago officers shows an individual running down North Avenue Beach; police say he fled the scene just a few seconds after being shot.
In the video, you watch the man pause, then throw the bag in the air before moving with his.
The victim sends in critical condition to Illinois Masonic Medical Center. And now he is stabilized.
Police say that one man identified by officers who responded. The man who threw the fanny bag is wanted; police are hoping they can locate him in the recently released video.
CPD stated that another suspect remains in the wild; however, charges are in the works for the suspect currently being held.
When crowds were forming on the beach on Tuesday night, an altercation broke out between North Avenue and Wells Street at around 10:50 p.m.
Three officers were wounded in Chicago shooting, and a girl who was 16, as well as two teenage boys, were arrested.
Cuts and scrapes injured one officer to the arms. The officer was treated and released from the scene.
Another officer was also afflicted with swelling of the right eye and was also treated and released from the scene.
A third police officer who had been struck with an unidentified object at the rear of his head was transported to a hospital in the area, where he also received treatment and was released.
In the news conference, Brown spoke about an incident at the Red Line stop on the South Side Tuesday. At seven-fifty p.m. at the Red Line located on the 200th block West 47th Street in the Bronzeville neighbourhood, a shooter shot another before running away from the station platform, getting away from being arrested. The shooting was recorded on camera.
Brown said the victim was transported by ambulance to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition and suffered multiple gunshot injuries in Chicago shooting.
Kevin Ryan, vice president of security at Kevin Ryan, vice president of protection for the Chicago Transit Authority, said that most attacks against the CTA are targeted and not random. The CTA has 33,000 security cameras that aid police investigations, serving “as a silent witness.” The footage of Tuesday’s shooting was provided to CPD within 90 minutes.
The neighbours who live near the beach complain that they’re upset because the shooting occurred on the first day of summer.
Violence is disturbing, but I think we must be aware to be cautious and protect our community, protect your neighbours said by Colleen Nolan.
It’s disappointing; the gun violence is disgraceful, said Tamunodiepiriwye Bramson. It’s just disappointing like wow and someone must bring violence to the peace and happy place. This is everyone’s a happy place; people are trying to enjoy their weekend.”
