A deadly hail of bullets disrupted the calm of Chicago's Roseland neighborhood Sunday night, resulting in one death and two men critically injured, according to police reports. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the shooting unfolded around 7:43 p.m. in the first block of East 113th Street, where a 35-year-old man was gunned down, later dying at the University of Chicago Medical Center from a wound to the back. A vehicle, described as carrying at least two individuals, pulled up before the shots rang out.
Two other men were caught in the gunfire, finding themselves in the place where no person should ever be—on the receiving end of a bullet. A 49-year-old man was hit in the left elbow and back and a 42-year-old was shot in the chest, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Both are being treated at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and remain in critical condition.
As of Monday morning, with the shooters still at large, the community grapples with the aftereffects. No arrests have been made in connection to the incident, heightening tensions and concern among residents.
A separate report by CBS Chicago provided a closely aligned account, confirming that the victims were outdoors when two men drove up and discharged their firearms. With all victims in critical condition, the trauma inflicted by this incident reverberates through the community, the fabric of which is punctured by such acts of violence. Details surrounding the motive and the perpetrators have yet to be revealed by investigators.
