CHICAGO (WLS) — A 37-year-old man was fatally shot close to an Edgewater high-rise Tuesday morning, Chicago police mentioned.
The capturing passed off at about 2:17 a.m. within the 6000-block of North Sheridan Street.
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Officers responded to the scene and located a sufferer with a gunshot wound to the inside thigh, police mentioned. He was transported to St. Francis Hospital, the place he was later pronounced useless, police mentioned.
Police have labeled the incident as a demise investigation.
Officers might be seen in searching for proof at the back of the rental constructing close to a loading dock.
Surveillance video from a neighboring constructing reveals an individual strolling a canine across the similar time the capturing passed off.
One neighbor who didn’t need to go on digicam mentioned he heard somebody yell for assist. Tuesday morning, officers might be seen with scuba gear close to the water as they looked for clues.
“I requested my doorman, nonetheless, and he mentioned he noticed six or seven police squad vehicles operating round Sheridan highway,” neighbor Leslie mentioned. “I used to be shocked since you by no means hear or see one thing go on like this go on on this space.”
Neighbors are tried to make sense of what passed off main as much as the capturing.
“It is vitally uncommon that you simply even see somebody strolling over there, until you’re strolling your canine, that is normally who’s again there,” neighbor Brian Linker mentioned.
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