A 26-year-old man was shot in the thigh Saturday afternoon while sitting inside a vehicle in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood, wounded by another man riding in the same car. The shooting happened at about 4:55 p.m. in the 100 block of East 114th Place, according to police.
Chicago police said an unidentified man inside the vehicle pulled out a handgun and opened fire on the 26-year-old, according to CBS News Chicago. The victim was hit in the thigh area and was taken to Christ Hospital in fair condition, the station reported. The Chicago Sun-Times similarly reported that police said the victim sustained a gunshot wound to the thigh and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was initially reported in fair condition.
What Investigators Have Said So Far
Details remain limited. No suspect has been named, and police have not released information about a motive or the relationship between the men inside the vehicle. The circumstances that led to the gunfire inside the car have not been made public.
A Citywide Backdrop of Rising Violence
The Roseland shooting comes amid a broader rise in gun violence tracked earlier this year across Chicago. As of the first week of April, the city had recorded 105 homicides, up from 98 during the same stretch in 2025, per the Chicago Tribune. Another 266 people had suffered nonfatal gunshot injuries citywide over that same period, the Tribune reported.
Chicago Police Department's Area 1 was also part of the city's early-year crime picture. Citywide, CPD's homicide clearance rate stood at 79% as of that reporting. No connection has been established between Saturday's shooting and those broader trends.
