A 48-year-old man was seriously injured Thursday evening after a passenger in another vehicle opened fire on him in West Pullman, Chicago police said. He was found inside a vehicle in the 100 block of West Brayton Street and rushed to a hospital. No one has been taken into custody.
The shooting happened at 6:41 p.m. Thursday, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, which reported that police said a passenger in another vehicle fired the shots that struck the man. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in serious condition. Police have not announced an arrest, and the investigation remains ongoing.
Second West Pullman Shooting in Two Days
Thursday's shooting came about 41 hours after three people — ages 17, 18 and 24 — were shot at a West Pullman gas station in the 11600 block of South Michigan Avenue. That shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when a black SUV pulled up and someone inside opened fire, according to the same Sun-Times report; all three victims were listed in fair condition.
The neighborhood has seen a string of violent incidents in recent months. In July, two 35-year-old men were shot multiple times while sitting inside an SUV in the 11600 block of South Ada Street and were listed in critical condition, the Sun-Times reported at the time. In April, two people were found fatally shot inside a car that had crashed into a tree in West Pullman, according to the Chicago Tribune.
A Deadly Altercation on South Halsted
West Pullman has also seen shootings tied to street-level disputes. A 33-year-old man identified as Davion Jackson died after being shot in the chest during an altercation with a group of people in the 11500 block of South Halsted Street, ABC7 Chicago reported. Police said that shooting happened around 4:34 p.m. after someone in the group pulled out a firearm.
Citywide Numbers Tell a Mixed Story
The violence in West Pullman is unfolding against a backdrop of citywide crime statistics that have moved in different directions. Chicago recorded 416 murders in 2025, the lowest annual total since 1965, a 29 percent drop from the year before, according to Block Club Chicago. Shootings fell about 35 percent compared with 2024 and nearly 60 percent compared with 2021, and the outlet reported that West Pullman was among seven community areas that together accounted for 35 percent of that citywide decline in gun violence.
But 2026 has told a different story in the first few months of the year. Chicago recorded 421 shootings through the first four months of 2026, up 5 percent from the same stretch in 2025, while the number of people shot climbed to 501, a 9 percent increase, according to WTTW. The station also reported 32 homicides in April 2026 alone, a 39 percent jump over the same month a year earlier.
No arrests had been announced in Thursday's West Brayton Street shooting as of the Sun-Times report, and police have not released information about a possible motive or a description of the vehicle involved. The investigation remains active.
