{"id":614061,"date":"2026-02-25T01:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/614061\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T01:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:50:12","slug":"brainerd-chicago-shooting-today-man-shot-critically-injured-in-parking-lot-in-neighborhoods-9400-block-of-south-ashland-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/614061\/","title":{"rendered":"Brainerd, Chicago shooting today: Man shot, critically injured in parking lot in neighborhood&#8217;s 9400-block of South Ashland Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; A man was shot and critically injured in a South Side parking lot on Tuesday afternoon, Chicago police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said the shooting happened in the Brainerd neighborhood&#8217;s 9400-block of South Ashland Avenue around 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A known person approached a 32-year-old man, took out a handgun and fired shots, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The victim, shot in the stomach, was transported to Christ Hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Investigators are now staged near a Page Security parking lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Employees from a nearby business say the shooting happened after an altercation between two Page Security employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">One of the employees told ABC7 they ran for cover after they witnessed the shooting. They said the shooter ran away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police recovered a gun from the scene. Officials did not immediately say whether the suspected shooter is in custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Area detectives are investigating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This is a developing story. Check back with ABC7 for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; A man was shot and critically injured in a South Side parking lot on Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":614062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[263340,263338,263339,960,5463,5461,5462,5464,5457,5460,4222,5386,1818,5458,5459,43187],"class_list":["post-614061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-263340","tag-brainerd-chicago","tag-brainerd-shooting","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-breaking-news","tag-chicago-crime","tag-chicago-news","tag-chicago-police","tag-chicago-shooting","tag-chicago-violence","tag-gun-violence","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-shooting-chicago","tag-shooting-in-chicago","tag-shooting-today"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116128764660478194","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}