A man was shot along Chicago’s lakefront north of Montrose Beach on Monday evening, marking Uptown’s fourth shooting of the year, a number that is well below the neighborhood’s typical performance.
Chicago police said the attack happened around 5:19 p.m. in the 4800 block of North Simmons Drive. The 27-year-old victim was standing outside a vehicle when a man approached, pulled out a handgun, and opened fire, according to CPD.
Officers arrived to find the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to his arm and a graze wound on his back. Police applied a tourniquet at the scene to control bleeding before paramedics transported him to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was listed in good condition.
A witness told police the shooter ran into a light-colored sedan — described as white, tan, or silver — that had a distinctive black rear bumper. The gunman was described as a Black male wearing black shorts. He remains at large.
So far this year, Uptown has seen four people shot, down sharply from 10 by this point in 2024. In previous years, the running tallies were even higher: 12 in both 2023 and 2022, 15 in 2021, and 10 each in 2020 and 2019.
