Shell casings covered several blocks of Milwaukee Avenue.Īs CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reported, the very busy intersection of Milwaukee and Grand avenues and Halsted Street was among the spots where bullets flew. There were multiple crime scenes between the 800 block of North Milwaukee Avenue – at Chicago Avenue – and the 600 block of West Kinzie Street more than half a mile away, McDermott said. Witnesses said at least two cars were seen chasing each other, and someone in one of the cars displayed a gun – and fired the gun out the window, according to Chicago Police Chief of Patrol Brian McDermott. Among those caught in the crossfire was a rideshare driver who was forced to save her injured passenger’s life when he was shot in the back. READ MORE: Fire Spreads To At Least 7 Houses In Fuller Park 8 People, 8 Dogs Displacedįour of the victims were innocent bystanders.
CHICAGO (CBS) - Five people were shot Wednesday evening as someone fired out the window of a car during a chase through the Fulton River District.
