Four people were shot Monday evening in Chicago's Austin neighborhood on the West Side, leaving all of them seriously wounded, officials said. Paramedics found the victims around 7:30 p.m. near Madison Street and Lockwood Avenue and rushed them to area hospitals in serious-to-critical condition. Chicago police have not released any information about suspects or a possible motive.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Peyton-Chaney said paramedics responded at about 7:30 p.m. and located the victims near Madison and Lockwood. "They were all taken to hospitals in serious-to-critical condition," Peyton-Chaney said, according to the report. The paper also noted that Chicago police had not released further details about the shooting at the time of publication.
Where It Happened
The shooting unfolded at the intersection of Madison Street and Lockwood Avenue in Austin, a longtime West Side neighborhood that has seen multiple violent incidents in recent weeks. Hoodline earlier covered a separate four-victim shooting on North Mayfield on May 18 - gunfire rocks quiet Austin block - which local reporting linked to shifting citywide trends in shootings. Residents and community groups say the repeated incidents have heightened concern on neighborhood blocks where people normally gather in the evenings.
Investigation Ongoing
Authorities have described this as an active investigation and had not announced arrests or identified suspects, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times. Investigators have been examining the scene and checking in at hospitals for more information, and the Chicago Police Department has not yet issued a public statement. This story will be updated as officials release new information.
