Two males shot and killed one another Monday morning after one in every of them ambushed the opposite whereas he was along with his 18-month-old son in Chicago Lawn on the South Side, police say.
Alton D. Ellis, 31, was along with his toddler about 8:40 a.m. within the 6200 block of South Mozart Street when one other man approached him on foot and fired photographs, Chicago Police and the Cook County health worker’s workplace mentioned.
Ellis was struck within the chest and twice in his torso, and fired photographs in return, police mentioned. The toddler was unhurt.
Police initially mentioned Ellis was taking his son to highschool when the capturing occurred, and his son ran to get assist. They later mentioned {that a} 23-year-old lady heard the gunshots from inside her house and located Ellis exterior with gunshot wounds.
A 24-year-old man, who allegedly fired photographs first, was struck in each of his thighs, police mentioned.
Officers responded to the gunfire and located the 24-year-old in a automotive with gunshots and utilized a tourniquet, police mentioned. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and pronounced useless.
Ellis, who police mentioned was focused for “unknown reasons,” was taken to Holy Cross Hospital and likewise pronounced useless. He lived in southwest suburban Justice.
Arturo Rodriguez was at dwelling in his bed room when he heard the gunshots.
“They came in three waves,” Rodriguez mentioned. “All I heard was ‘boom, boom, boom,’ and then a woman screaming and a kid crying.”
Rodriguez thought the capturing occurred a block east on California Avenue, however his son advised him it was of their again alley.
“I looked out my window and saw a guy lying down in the alley,” Rodriguez mentioned. “The woman was screaming and pulled him into the garage.”
Another neighbor, who requested to stay nameless, mentioned he noticed a couple of dozen proof markers as police investigated the capturing.
By Monday afternoon, remnants of yellow police tape had been strewn on the alley’s north entrance on 62nd Street behind Mozart.
A path of bloodstains and several other bullet holes in one of many storage doorways down the alley marked the place the capturing had occurred.
Several bullet holes might be seen in a storage door close to the scene of a capturing Monday within the 6200 block of South Mozart Street that left two males useless.Jake Wittich / Sun-Times
Less than two blocks east of the scene, Stephanie Roberts and different Chicago Public Schools mother and father had been choosing their kids up from the close by Fairfield Elementary School. She mentioned her two kids had been already at school when the capturing occurred, nevertheless it scared her that it occurred so shut.
“It’s dangerous because we’ve got so many kids walking to and from school by themselves,” Roberts mentioned. “Me and my kids don’t walk that way anymore because the block isn’t safe right now.”
A staffer at Fairfield, who requested to stay nameless, mentioned the capturing occurred lower than an hour into the varsity day.
“We tried not to let the kids find out, but they heard the shots so they knew,” he mentioned. “Sadly, it was just another day in the neighborhood to them.”
He mentioned he heard about 15 gunshots after which helped be certain that all the varsity’s doorways had been locked.
“Kids should be able to come to school and not worry about shootings,” he mentioned.
Area Central detectives are conducting a murder investigation. The Cook County health worker’s workplace didn’t instantly launch particulars in regards to the deaths.
Contributing: David Struett