A gunman shot two women during an armed robbery in the West Loop overnight, police said.
The two victims were standing in the 600 block of West Randolph Street around 12:50 a.m. when the gunman exited a white SUV and approached them, according to a CPD media statement. He demanded their property, took a purse from one woman, then opened fire, striking 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 a graze wound to her hip, CPD said.
Witnesses described the shooter as a Black male wearing a tan shirt who fled in a white Kia, possibly a Sorento, with a damaged front windshield. Other people were in the vehicle with him, according to people at the scene.
Editor’s note: While CPD said the shooting occurred at 12:50 a.m., radio transmissions indicate it occurred approximately 10 minutes earlier.
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