James and Darley Scott were at their home in the Gresham neighborhood on Saturday afternoon when up to 20 shots were heard, soon followed by the sirens of multiple ambulances.
The brother and sister then went outside with their neighbors to watch the paramedics work on one of the five people injured in the shooting, which took place around 3:20 pm in an alley near block 8600 on South Damen Avenue, they said. authorities.
All five victims were on the street when at least one gunman opened fire on a car that approached them and then fled, Chicago police said.
One of the victims, a 29-year-old man, later died from his injuries, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department said.
Cook County Medical Examiner confirmed the death, but did not provide further information.
“They were trying to save him, but he was already in a corpse bag,” Darley Scott said of the man she saw paramedics.
Two men, aged 30 and 24, were taken to Christ’s Medical Center in Oak Lone in critical condition, a fire spokesman said. A 24-year-old man was taken to the same hospital in good condition. Another 29-year-old man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good to serious condition, the spokesman said.
James Scott, a retired 76-year-old veteran who has served two tours in Vietnam, said he was tired of hearing gunfire in his neighborhood while watching the scene on Saturday afternoon.
“I don’t want to hear shots anymore, I’ve had enough,” Scott said.
District detectives are investigating.
Chicago police at the site of a mass shooting in the Gresham neighborhood on Saturday afternoon. Five people were injured when a car was shot at in Alley 8600 on South Damen Avenue.
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