CHICAGO (WLS) — Four people were shot, one fatally, outside a River North nightclub early Sunday morning, Chicago police said.
CPD said a group was ejected from Hush Chicago in the 300-block of West Chicago Avenue about 2:10 a.m.
That group then became involved in a disturbance outside.
Two people fired shots, and an armed security guard returned fire, police said.
A 30-year-old man was shot in the chest and killed, and the 30-year-old security guard was shot in the arm. The security guard is in good condition.
Another 24-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman took themselves to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
They were both shot in the leg and are in good condition.
Officers on the scene applied a tourniquet and performed CPR on the person who later died, but he was pronounced deceased at Northwestern.
CPD said “the loss of life is tragic.”
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An arrest was made, and two guns were recovered, CPD said.
Chicago Avenue reopened just before 6 a.m.
Hush Chicago is located between the Chicago Avenue Brown Line station and Orleans Street. The club stays open until 5 a.m. on Sunday mornings, according to its website.
A club representative did not immediately return a request for comment.
River North is in the 18th police district, which has seen a 50% increase in murders, from 8 to 12, over the same period last year, according to police statistics.
Shootings are slightly higher than last year, 43 compared with 41, but significantly higher when compared to years earlier. Shootings in River North are 105% higher than in 2019, and 139% higher than in 2018.
Area Three detectives are handling the incident.
Sun-Times Media contributed to this report.
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