Two people were found fatally shot inside a Brighton Park home Wednesday night, a grim discovery that added another entry to the Southwest Side’s growing list of violent incidents, according to Chicago police. Officers responding shortly after 8 p.m. entered a residence on the 4500 block of South Albany Avenue and found a 70-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman; both were pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the woman had an apparent gunshot wound to the face and the man had an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Detectives launched an investigation and, as of Wednesday night, no one was in custody.
As reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, officers arrived at about 8:03 p.m. after a call reporting two people shot. The paper noted that the woman was found with a gunshot wound to the face and the man with a gunshot wound to the head, and that both were declared dead at the scene. According to the Sun-Times, police had not taken anyone into custody when the story was initially published.
Nearby incidents have rattled residents
The killings land in a neighborhood already frayed by recent violence. Brighton Park has seen multiple troubling episodes in the past few months, including an incident where an SUV ambush on Western Avenue wounded two people and triggered renewed calls for community tips. In the wake of those earlier shootings, neighbors pressed for more police patrols and urged anyone with security footage to share it with investigators. The steady drumbeat of street and in-home shootings on the Southwest Side has kept community leaders and law enforcement focused on trying to tamp down weekend flare-ups.
Police request tips
Chicago police said detectives were continuing their work on the case and had announced no arrests. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Chicago Police Department tip line or Area One detectives at 312-747-8384, as noted by ABC7 Chicago, or to submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com. Reporters sought additional details from the department, but no further information was released at the time of this update.
