Police Still Searching For Suspects After Fatal Shooting at Evanston Beach Near Northwestern University
Just before 9 p.m., Northwestern University officials issued a shelter-in-place order, as the suspects were last seen driving north on Sheridan Road, towards the campus.
EMERGENCY: Continue to shelter in place on Evanston campus. Police are searching for suspects involved in a shooting just before 8:30 p.m. at Clark St. Beach, just south of campus. The suspects were last seen heading north on Sheridan Road in a sedan. We will continue to update.The emergency near the Evanston Campus has been lifted and is all clear. There is no danger to life safety at this time and no longer a need to shelter in place.
"We were we were just chilling on the beach," one witness said."And we just heard gunshots go off. And screaming went down. And then we just ran to the other side. We heard a little noise there and then just screaming all over. It just became chaos." "I thought it was fireworks," the witness continued."It didn't sound like gunshots until people started running, screaming and then I was like, okay, yeah, it's gunshots. But yeah, we didn't really know what happened. We just chilled with a lot of students there."said the incident"does not appear to be a random act," and that the victims the are not affiliated with Northwestern University.
Overnight and early Thursday morning, police and investigators remained on the scene and were still working to collect evidence and shell casings, NBC 5's Lisa Chavarria reports.This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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