Gregory Carter

Loop Warzone ... 1 Dead and 1 Wounded as Rapid Semiautomatic Gunfire Erupts in Downtown Chicago ... Witness Says Shooter Stood Over Victim on the Ground ... Second Loop Double Shooting in About 29 Hours SubX.News® Crime Report CHICAGO — An unidentified man was killed and a 38-year-old man was wounded when rapid semiautomatic gunfire erupted near State and Lake streets at approximately 2:39 a.m. Wednesday. Chicago police said both victims were discovered outside in the first block of E. Lake Street with gunshot wounds. Unidentified adult male sustained multiple gunshot wounds about the body and was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 38-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to his right leg and was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in fair condition. No other injuries were reported. Area Three detectives are investigating the homicide. Police released no information about a possible offender or motive. Eyewitness News Report ABC7 reporter Michelle Gallardo said the shooting appeared to have started near State and Lake outside theWit hotel before moving east along Lake Street toward Wabash Avenue. Initial information obtained by ABC7 indicated that one victim appeared to have been shot in the ankle and was in good condition. At least one person was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to police radio traffic cited by ABC7. Security guard Lamar Hankins described what he heard: “Semi-automatics have a certain, I should say, rhythm, but a certain sequence that that it follows a sequence. That's a simple not a not a but a boom boom boom boom boom boom boom sequence, and that's what that's what that's what I heard.” Another witness said he saw a shooter standing over someone who was already on the ground: “Saw this guy like as he was standing over, like shooting someone who was already on the ground. I saw the like flashes, like the muzzle flashes. It it was at a distance, but I couldn't make it out.” Gallardo reported that the eyewitness accounts indicated the shooting might not have been random. At the time of the ABC7 report, Chicago police had not yet released the updated information confirming that one victim had died. Second Loop Double Shooting in About 29 Hours Wednesday morning’s homicide marked the second double shooting in the Loop in approximately 29 hours. CWBChicago reported that a gunman entered the 7-Eleven at 33 E. Adams Street at approximately 9:32 p.m. Monday and pointed a firearm at a 26-year-old man. The two briefly struggled before the gunman opened fire, striking the 26-year-old multiple times and wounding a 23-year-old apparent bystander in the foot. Gunman fled east on Adams Street and may have entered a silver sedan. Officers found the 26-year-old victim sitting on the stairs of a nearby CTA station and bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds. Both victims were transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in fair condition. Police recovered four shell casings inside the store. Gunman was described as wearing a black tank top and jeans with an item covering his head. Sources: Chicago Police Department public incident notification, ABC7 Chicago reporting by Michelle Gallardo and CWBChicago reporting on the earlier 7-Eleven shooting. Video: ABC7 Chicago #ChicagoScanner #CrimeNews #Shooting