Crime & Safety

Man Critically Injured In Belmont Cragin Shooting

Chicago police have released a surveillance image of a suspect wanted in connection with a West Side shooting.

Police have released a surveillance image of a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting on Chicago's West Side.
Police have released a surveillance image of a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting on Chicago's West Side. (CPD)

CHICAGO — Chicago police are seeking the public's help finding a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting in the city's Belmont Cragin neighborhood on April 11. A 22-year-old man was shot in the chest in the 5000 block of W Fullerton at about 5:30 p.m., police said.

The suspect is described as 19 to 30 years old, 5-foot-4 to 5-foot-8, with a medium build, police said. He has a goatee, short black hair, and was wearing a dark-colored jacket, khaki pants and possibly white Adidas gym shoes.

The suspect was seen riding a neon bicycle in the 5000 block of W. Fullerton, police said.

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Few details about the nature of the shooting were released.

Anyone with information is asked to call Area North detectives at (312) 744-8261.

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