{"id":622588,"date":"2026-02-28T15:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/622588\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T15:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:51:26","slug":"brainerd-chicago-shooting-today-2-men-injured-in-shootout-in-9100-block-of-south-ashland-avenue-police-department-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/622588\/","title":{"rendered":"Brainerd, Chicago shooting today: 2 men injured in shootout in 9100-block of South Ashland Avenue, police department says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Two men were injured in a shootout on Chicago&#8217;s South Side on Friday night, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said officers responded to a report of a shooting in the Brainerd neighborhood&#8217;s 9100-block of South Ashland Avenue just before 11:30 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 \">Investigators believe both men, 42 and 69, were involved in an exchange of gunfire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officers found the 42-year-old with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was transported to Christ Hospital, where he is listed in serious condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 69-year-old, shot in the knee, was taken to the same hospital, where he is listed in good condition, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Area Two 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 TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER  <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/feature\/tracking-crime-and-safety-in-your-neighborhood\/12385906\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Track crime and safety in your neighborhood<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Two men were injured in a shootout on Chicago&#8217;s South Side on Friday night, police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":337382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[266359,263338,263339,960,5463,5461,5462,5464,5457,266358,5460,4222,5386,1818,66271,5458,5459,43187,29865],"class_list":["post-622588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-266359","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-shootout","tag-chicago-violence","tag-gun-violence","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-man-shot","tag-shooting-chicago","tag-shooting-in-chicago","tag-shooting-today","tag-shots-fired"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116149058725698435","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622588","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=622588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}