Shooting leaves man on sidewalk dead, woman exiting CTA bus wounded at 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was killed in a shooting in East Chatham Wednesday afternoon, while a woman getting off a CTA bus was also struck.
Around 3:30 p.m., the 38-year-old man was walking north on Cottage Grove Avenue just south of 79th Street when he got into a quarrel with another man.
The second man took a gun out of his jacket and shot the first, who was rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he died. He had been shot in the head, police said.
A 21-year-old woman was also shot while getting off a Chicago Transit Authority bus. She was struck in the hand and was taken to the U of C Medical Center in good condition.
Video from the scene showed the No. 4 Cottage Grove bus was struck by gunfire. Bullet holes were seen in two shattered windows in the back of the bus.
The bus was seen surrounded by crime scene tape in front of Happy Food & Liquor, 7901 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
HAPPENING NOW: 1 man is dead, 1 woman injured following a shooting outside of a CTA bus on 79th & Cottage Grove. It started as a fight between two men. One of them fires shots at the other, also striking a woman who was exiting the bus. @cbschicago https://t.co/gINAyD1xZV pic.twitter.com/w082C6Uyvh
— Marybel González (@marybelgnews) December 7, 2022
Police were interviewing witnesses late Wednesday afternoon. Traffic was blocked at the scene while police investigated.