Police respond to reports shots fired near Chicago's Mercy Hospital
Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted Monday afternoon that there were reports of shots fired in the vicinity of 26th and Michigan, near Mercy Hospital & Medical Center on the city's south side. Law enforcement was responding.
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A hospital employee said she was in her office when a notice came over a public address system telling those in the hospital to lock their doors. They were later evacuated and people were put on CTA buses as authorities dealt with the situation.
“I don’t know what happened,” she said as she was ushered onto a bus.
“They told us to run so we did,” one hospital employee said.
Authorities were warning people to stay out of the area. Fire crews were at the scene.
Check back for updates.
UPDATE: 10:02pm
Officer Samuel Jimenez, on the force since early 2017, was found in the lobby of Mercy Hospital & Medical Center at 2525 S. Michigan Ave. around 3:20 p.m., a police spokesman said.
The suspect, apparently shot in the head, was also found inside the hospital, as was a third person. The fourth person, apparently the gunman’s girlfriend, had been repeatedly shot outside.
The shooting began after the gunman confronted the girlfriend outside the hospital in Bronzeville, possibly over a “broken engagement,” sources said. The gunman shot the woman at least three times, then stood over her and fired some more, witnesses said. He then ran inside where he shot the officer and another person. The gunman fired at other officers, and a bullet struck the holster of one of them, burrowing into the side of his gun, sources said. A fragment of the bullet fell into his pocket.
It was not known how the gunman was shot.
James Gray said he saw at least two people get shot. Gray said he was coming out of the clinic area when he saw a man in a black coat, black hat and dark pants shoot a woman three times in the chest. The man and the woman had been walking and talking to each other before the shooting, he said. The gunman stood over the woman and shot her three more times after she fell to the ground, said Gray. Then a squad car turned its lights on and came down the drive and the gunman shot at the squad car.
Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted Monday afternoon that there were reports of shots fired in the vicinity of 26th and Michigan, near Mercy Hospital & Medical Center on the city's south side. Law enforcement was responding.
Chicago Tribune - We are currently unavailable in your region
A hospital employee said she was in her office when a notice came over a public address system telling those in the hospital to lock their doors. They were later evacuated and people were put on CTA buses as authorities dealt with the situation.
“I don’t know what happened,” she said as she was ushered onto a bus.
“They told us to run so we did,” one hospital employee said.
Authorities were warning people to stay out of the area. Fire crews were at the scene.
Check back for updates.
UPDATE: 10:02pm
Officer Samuel Jimenez, on the force since early 2017, was found in the lobby of Mercy Hospital & Medical Center at 2525 S. Michigan Ave. around 3:20 p.m., a police spokesman said.
The suspect, apparently shot in the head, was also found inside the hospital, as was a third person. The fourth person, apparently the gunman’s girlfriend, had been repeatedly shot outside.
The shooting began after the gunman confronted the girlfriend outside the hospital in Bronzeville, possibly over a “broken engagement,” sources said. The gunman shot the woman at least three times, then stood over her and fired some more, witnesses said. He then ran inside where he shot the officer and another person. The gunman fired at other officers, and a bullet struck the holster of one of them, burrowing into the side of his gun, sources said. A fragment of the bullet fell into his pocket.
It was not known how the gunman was shot.
James Gray said he saw at least two people get shot. Gray said he was coming out of the clinic area when he saw a man in a black coat, black hat and dark pants shoot a woman three times in the chest. The man and the woman had been walking and talking to each other before the shooting, he said. The gunman stood over the woman and shot her three more times after she fell to the ground, said Gray. Then a squad car turned its lights on and came down the drive and the gunman shot at the squad car.
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