Same Gun Used In 2 Rogers Park Shootings: Police

CHICAGO — The same gun was used to kill two men over two days in Rogers Park, police said. A 73-year-old man was shot and killed while he was walking his dogs Sunday, and a 24-year-old man was found fatally shot on a bike path Monday. The two shootings were blocks apart.

"Both shootings came from the same gun and likely the same suspect," Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said at a press conference Tuesday at the Rogers Park District police station. "The shell casings found at both crime scenes were found to be a match."

Johnson said additional officers and resources will be sent to Rogers Park while police search for a suspect. Both he and Mayor Rahm Emanuel warned residents to be "vigilant."

"People will go about their daily lives but we want it to be done in a safe way, a smart way and vigilant about their way," Emanuel said.

Douglass Watts, 73, was shot in the head Sunday morning while walking his dogs in the 1400 block of West Sherwin Avenue, police said. The suspect fled west on Sherwin Avenue and then south in the west alley, police said.

Watts died near his home, where he lived with his husband and mother-in-law, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Eliyahu Moscowitz, 24, was also shot in the head in the 1100 block of West Lunt Avenue south of Loyola Park around 10:20 p.m. Monday, police said.

Moscowitz's friends said he was an avid gamer in the city's Pokemon Go community, the Tribune reported. A Pokemon Go group planned a vigil at 7 p.m. Tuesday on the bike path where Moscowitz was killed.

"We've been knocking on doors and reviewing hours of video and tracking down any private security or CTA bus camera that may be helpful," Johnson said.

Police have released a surveillance image of the suspect, who is seen wearing all black, with his face covered.

Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to call Area North detectives at (312) 744-8200.

Top image via Chicago Police Department