Un uomo armato ha ucciso almeno tre persone e ne ha ferite molte altre in una serie di sparatorie nella zona di Chicago sabato prima di essere ucciso dalla polizia., hanno detto le autorità.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said in a news briefing the shootings started in Chicago at 1:50 p.m. (2:50 p.m. E) Saturday when the suspect — identified by police as 32-year-old Jason Nightengale — entered a parking garage and shot a 30-year-old man sitting in his vehicle, who died from his injuries at the scene.
Qualche istante dopo, the gunman entered the vestibule of an apartment building a few blocks away, ha detto la polizia. He asked to use a phone and fired shots at a building security guard. The woman was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later, secondo la polizia.
A 77-year-old woman getting her mail in the same building was also shot in the head, hanno detto i funzionari. Police said she is currently in critical condition.
The investigation into the shootings is ongoing, say Chicago police.
A short time later, the suspect went to a nearby building and pulled a gun on a man he knew, ha detto la polizia. The suspect got the man’s keys and fled in his vehicle.
In giro 3:45 p.m., Brown said the gunman fired shots inside a convenience store after announcing a robbery. A 20-year-old man was shot in the head and pronounced dead a short time later. An 81-year-old woman was shot in the back and neck and is currently in critical condition, secondo la polizia.
At approximately 5 p.m., the suspect shot a 15-year-old female in the head as she was traveling in the rear seat of a vehicle being driven by her mother. She is currently in critical condition, ha detto la polizia. The driver was not injured.
Police said that after this shooting, the gunman returned to the convenience store and fired at Chicago police officers investigating the earlier attack, striking a police vehicle. He then traveled to Evanston, located north of Chicago.
Evanston Police Chief Demitrous Cook said Saturday evening that police responded to reports of a man firing shots at a CVS around 5:38 p.m. The gunman, now known by police to be Nightengale, ran across the street to an IHOP restaurant where he took a woman hostage, Cook said, shooting her before fleeing on foot to another business.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown says no motive has yet been established.
Evanston police officers engaged him in the parking lot, where he was killed at the scene, Cook said.
The woman who was held hostage and shot is currently in the hospital, Cook said.
“But for the brave conduct of Evanston police officers confronting this suspect, many more people would have been injured,” Ha detto Brown, adding that no Chicago officers were known to be injured from their earlier confrontation with the suspect.
Chicago police say the investigation is ongoing. Brown said no motive for the shootings is known at this time.
