Chicago security officer fatally shoots man firing into crowd at nightclub
Chicago IL November 6 2022 Four people were shot, one fatally, outside a River North nightclub early Sunday morning, Chicago police said.
CPD said a group was ejected from a club in the 300-block of West Chicago Avenue about 2:10 a.m.
That group then became involved in a disturbance outside and shots were fired.
At least two people fired shots, and an armed security officer returned fire, police said.
A 30-year-old man was shot in the chest and killed by security and the 30-year-old security guard was shot in the arm. The security officer is in good condition.
Another 24-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman took themselves to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
They were both shot in the leg and are in good condition.
Officers on the scene applied a tourniquet and performed CPR on the person who later died, but he was pronounced deceased at Northwestern.
CPD said “the loss of life is tragic.”
An arrest was made, and two guns were recovered, CPD said.
Chicago Avenue reopened just before 6 a.m.
Area Three detectives are handling the incident.
