On May 19, 2022, a
mass shooting occurred in
Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the city's
Magnificent Mile shopping district, near
Michigan Avenue.[4] Two people were killed, and eight others were injured.[5] The accused perpetrator, Jaylun Sanders, was taken into custody by
Chicago police.
Shooting
The shooting occurred at about 10:40p.m.
CDT (
UTC−05:00), near a
McDonald's establishment on the
Near North Side neighborhood of
Chicago.[5][6] The incident occurred a few blocks from the city's
Magnificent Mile shopping district. The shooting happened as a result of an altercation outside the McDonald's restaurant.[5] The cause of the altercation is not yet known; however it was described as "personal" by detectives.[7][3] The shooting was triggered when police officers, who were near the area noticed two groups engaging in a fight.[3]
After the shooting, the suspect fled and caused a chase between police officials to the
Chicago station of the city's
Red Line.[6] Amid the chase, a woman fell onto the tracks and was electrocuted at the
State Street subway.[8] Passengers from this station were evacuated at around 11:30p.m., an hour after the shooting.[9]
The shooting was significant because it happened a week after a shooting in downtown Chicago's
Millennium Park where a teen was shot and killed and led the city to enforce a curfew for young people.[5]
Three days after the shooting, 21-year-old Chicago native Jaylun Sanders was named by Cook County prosecutors as the perpetrator of the shooting.[1] The weapon used was a
Glock 19 handgun that Sanders had purchased from a relative in
Indiana.[1] The Glock was also outfitted with a
device which allows full auto fire.[11]
Victims
Two people were killed in the shooting,[8] one of the victims being 30-year-old Antonio Wade.[10] Wade was one of the individuals involved in the altercation that led to the shooting.[10] The incident was recorded by several cell phones nearby the crime scene.[6] The second victim was a 31-year-old male, who was hospitalized at
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, and was shot in the back of the head.[12]
Aftermath
In the aftermath of the shooting, a suspect was arrested by police on May 20, 2022.[6] Another person was arrested for obstructing the officers from making an arrest at the scene.[3] In response to the shooting,
MayorLori Lightfoot called the shooting "an outrageous act of violence" and announced that the city would increase police presence near the area of the shooting.[6] The Chicago Tribune reported that during the shooting, a fight had happened between a witness and police officials.[12] In June, a juvenile was arrested in connection with the shooting after turning himself in to the police.[13]