A gunman shot two women during an armed robbery in the West Loop last night, police said.
According to a CPD media statement, the two victims were standing in the 600 block of West Randolph Street around 12:50 p.m. when the gunman exited a white SUV and approached them. He demanded their property, grabbed a woman’s bag, then opened fire and hit both women, police said.
A 21-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to the knee and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition. A 33-year-old woman was taken to Rush Hospital with an abrasion to her hip, CPD said.
Witnesses described the shooter as a black man wearing a brown shirt who fled in a white Kia, possibly a Sorento, with a damaged windshield. According to people on the scene, there were more people in the car with him.
Editor’s note: Although CPD said the shooting occurred at 12:50 p.m., radio broadcasts indicate it occurred about 10 minutes earlier.
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