A 39-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was shot while walking to synagogue during Shabbat in Chicago's West Rogers Park, home to a large Orthodox Jewish community, Lonnie Nasatir, president of the Jewish United Fund of Chicago, told JNS on Sunday.
The Chicago Police Department stated that detectives are still investigating and have not confirmed the victim's identity as Jewish.
Kevin Bruno, deputy chief of the Chicago Police Department's detectives bureau, shared details during a press conference on Saturday, explaining that around 9:35 a.m., a 39-year-old man was walking in West Rogers Park when “an armed offender approached from behind and fired shots, hitting the victim in the shoulder.”
Officers arrived shortly after, and at approximately 9:55 a.m., the attacker returned from an alley and fired at both police officers and paramedics, striking an ambulance in the exchange.
Bruno continued, “Over the next two-and-a-half minutes, the offender emerged from various locations and exchanged shots with officers.” Ultimately, officers shot the 23-year-old gunman multiple times at a different location less than a quarter of a mile away, recovered his weapon, and transported him to the hospital in critical condition.