
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Two people were killed and three others were wounded after a Father’s Day gathering in Roseland.
Chicago police said a group of people were together for a family party at Smith Park, at 99th and Princeton, shortly before 8 p.m. when suspects in a gray Honda sedan began shooting at them. Five men were hit by gunfire.
A 37-year-old man, shot in the head, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 33-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to his neck. He later died at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn.
A 27-year-old man remains in critical condition at the University of Chicago Hospital, with gunshot wounds to the buttocks and left shoulder. A 25-year-old man took a bullet to the torso and is described in fair condition at Christ Hospital. A 19-year-old male victim too was transported to Christ in fair condition, suffering gunshot wounds to both legs.
No one is in custody. Area Two Detectives are investigating.
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