Three people were shot and wounded inside a Jewel-Osco grocery store in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood late Tuesday morning after two armed offenders opened fire during a robbery attempt.
The incident occurred at approximately 10:52 a.m. at the Jewel-Osco located in the 400 block of East 34th Street, within the Lake Meadows shopping center.
Chicago police confirmed that two individuals entered the store and attempted to take merchandise. As the pair tried to leave, a 46-year-old man intervened in an attempt to stop the theft.
One of the suspects immediately pulled out a gun and opened fire, striking the man and two other women nearby.
It is not yet known if any of the victims were store employees.
Witnesses inside the store described the scene as “chaos.”
The victims’ conditions are as follows:
- The 46-year-old male was shot multiple times in the body and rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center (UofC) in serious condition.
- A 29-year-old female was struck in her left foot and transported to UofC in stable condition.
- A 67-year-old female suffered a graze wound to her left foot but declined medical transport at the scene.
The shooting drew a large police presence to the shopping center, and police closed off the store for the remainder of the day.
Video posted on social media showed paramedics treating two of the victims inside the store before transport.
Chicago police have confirmed that no one is currently in custody, and the investigation is ongoing late Tuesday.
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