Greyhound employee shot and killed outside West Loop bus station
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Greyhound employee was shot and killed late Monday morning outside the company's West Loop bus station.
Chicago Police Deputy Chief Jill Stevens said, shortly before 11:30 a.m., a man parked in front of the Greyhound station at Harrison and Jefferson streets, got out of his car, and started walking toward the station, when someone walked up and shot him several times.
Stevens said it does not appear the two exchanged words before the shooting.
A Chicago Fire Department said the victim was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious to critical condition. Chicago police later said he died.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's office has identified the victim as 30-year-old Duwon Gaddis, of Palos Hills. Police said they believe he was a Greyhound employee.
Neighbors said they heard at least a dozen gunshots.
One man, who didn't want to be identified, had just parked in front of the victim's car when the shots rang out.
"As I drove up, I heard a whole bunch of shots, and I saw people running away, but I didn't see anything else. I didn't see no person that shot him. I didn't see that. I just saw him laying on the ground," he said.
A woman who lives across the street, who also didn't want to be identified, said the incident was unnerving.
"We walk our dogs in the morning, daytime, and for this stuff to be happening, it's kind of scary," she said.
The shooting meant a delay in travel for Nicole Williams, who came from Milwaukee.
"It's a lot of violence going on in the city where I come from too; and so to get down here, and just so happen to run right into it, I just walked around the corner and this was going on," she said. "If I had been a few minutes earlier, I probably would have been able to witness the whole thing."
Police had only a vague description of the shooter, who was wearing a black hoodie with white writing across it, and black sweat pants with two stripes on either side of his legs.
The station was shut down Monday afternoon, but buses were still coming and going.
No one was in custody Monday afternoon.
Area Three detectives were investigating. Stevens said police were reviewing surveillance video and planned to release images of the shooter.
In a statement, a Greyhound spokesperson said, "We are saddened by the incident that occurred today outside of our Chicago station. Our primary concern at this time is the continued safety of our passengers and team members as law enforcement continues their investigation. Operations have been temporarily postponed until further notice."