Newly surfaced video shows how bystanders were struck during Tuesday night’s shooting in Rogers Park, which captured nine shots fired under a Howard Street overpass as pedestrians rushed and shattered the glass door of a storefront.
The 36-year-old man who was injured near Howard and Paulina Streets around 9:22 p.m. has been sent to jail twice on shooting charges, according to court records. He is still in critical condition. CWB Chicago does not identify crime victims by name.
The video shows two cars parked facing south on Paulina Street with their hoods up, apparently with one jumping over the other’s battery. A little further on, something catches the attention of a man who stops at a zebra crossing and turns to look at what is unfolding under the viaduct. A few seconds later, nine shots ring out.
A person is seen falling to the ground under the flyover. The man on the zebra crossing takes cover. The glass door of a nearby exchange office shatters and falls to the ground.
The exact position of the victim during the shooting is unclear, but a man believed to be him is seen limping from the cars on Paulina to a nearby building. He reportedly lost a significant amount of blood before first responders arrived. Paramedics took him to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was listed in critical condition.
At least half a dozen people walk out from under the overpass shortly after the shooting. A Chicago Police Department transit unit comes into view as the video ends. They were the first to report the gunfire.
As CWB Chicago reported Wednesday, the victim is well known to Chicago police and criminal communities. Court records show he has been sent to jail twice in connection with shootings — once for shooting someone in 2006, and again for shooting into an occupied vehicle during the pandemic.
Police have not released a description of the shooter and no arrests have been announced. The motive remains unknown.
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