Crime & Safety
Shooting Victim Ran To Charter School For Safety, Another Killed
Two people were shot, one killed, near a charter school on the West Side of Chicago Monday morning.
CHICAGO, IL - Two people were shot, one fatally, near a charter school on the West Side Monday morning. Chicago police confirmed multiple people sustained gunshot wounds and a television news report indicates that one of the victims ran into the YCCS-West Youth Connection Charter School for safety.
Police responded to the 1100 block of North Lamon Avenue in the city's Austin neighborhood at 9:11 a.m. and found one man dead and another man with a gunshot wound to the leg. The surviving victim was taken to Stroger Hospital in stable condition, according to police in the 15th District.
ABC-7 reports that the shooting occurred near the West Campus of the Youth Connection Charter School, which has headquarters in the city's Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side.
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Circumstances that led to the shooting were not immediately known, police said. No one was in custody as of 10:30 a.m.
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