Bar Patrons Shot Leaving Bucktown Nightclub: Reports

Two young bar patrons were shot as they were leaving a Bucktown nightclub early Sunday morning.

According to the Chicago Tribune, four women left Koncrete Nightclub, 1675 N. Elston Ave., around 3:50 a.m. The women were followed by a group of screaming and swearing men, who were threatening to “Light this b----.”

Chicago Police News Affairs said the group had gone to the club in the same vehicle. As they were leaving, two people in the group started arguing and one started shooting.

The shooter fired a gun into a car with several women, striking a 21-year-old woman in the head. A 23-year-old man was also struck in the leg, police said.

A server at the club told ABC 7 Chicago that the woman’s friends were “screaming, crying, trying to get her to get up,” Nicole Simone said.

The wounded were brought to Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital. Police confirm that woman, who was shot in the head, is in critical condition. The man, who was shot in the knee, is in stable condition, the TV news station reported.

The shooter fled with others in a separate car, police said.

According to the club’s website, “fly and fashionable attire” is required to enter the club, which is based on “attitude.”

A man was shot and killed outside the club in February 2012 when the business was known as Krush.

The nightclub is said to be under new management.