An Evanston woman has died after she was shot during a hostage situation inside of a suburban IHOP restaurant, making her the fourth victim to die after the.
Aisha Johnson, Anthony Faulkner and Yiran Fan, were killed during Jason Nightingale’s random shooting spree
By Cate Cauguiran, Liz Nagy and Alexis McAdams, ABC7 News
The three victims killed in a shooting rampage Saturday have been identified as family and friends reel from the senseless loss of their loved ones.
A doorwoman, a college student, and a convenience store shopper were all shot and killed at random.
The victims were identified as Anthony Faulkner, Aisha Johnson and Yiran Fan.
Seven people in total were shot, and the gunman was killed in a police-involved shooting in Evanston, officials said.
Surveillance video outside a South Side convenience store captured the final moments of Faulkner’s life. He had recently moved back to Chicago from Minnesota, his cousin said, looking for a fresh start after he lost his job in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The male tried to rob the woman, 39, at gunpoint about 6 p.m. in the 9000 block of South East End Avenue, but another male saw what was happening, walked up and fired shots of his own, Chicago police said.
A person was shot by a witness who saw him trying to rob a woman at gunpoint Tuesday in Calumet Heights on the South Side. The male tried to rob the woman, 39,.
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One person was killed and eight others wounded Tuesday in shootings across Chicago.
A 29-year-old man was fatally shot early Tuesday in Chatham on the South Side, police said.
The man was inside a 2nd-floor apartment about 1:15 a.m. in the 7900 block of South Harvard Avenue when a male kicked down the back door and fired shots, Chicago police said. He was struck in the abdomen and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
He was identified as Julius Grier of Chatham by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The teen was in an alley about 4:30 p.m. in the 100 block of West 109th Street when two gunmen approached him and began firing shots, police said. He was struck in the knee and transported to Roseland Community Hospital in good condition.