CHICAGO (CBS)– Two Chicago high school classmates died after they were shot in the Loop Friday during the lunch hour, a time when that area is typically crowded with tourists, students, workers, and commuters.
Chicago Police Central Control Group Deputy Chief Jon Hein said at 12:25 p.m., an estimated six students were exiting Innovations High School, at 17 N. State St., when two vehicles – a dark-colored sedan and a sport-utility vehicle – pulled up along Wabash Avenue.
Several people got out of the vehicles and opened fire – striking two of the students, boys ages 16 and 17.
When they were shot, the teens were close to the street – next to an elevator structure at the Washington/Wabash Loop ‘L’ stop.
Afterward, multiple police cars sped through the Loop from all directions to Wabash Avenue, between Washington and Madison streets, around 12:30 p.m. Two people were receiving CPR from paramedics, according to witnesses.
One of the teens was quickly taken away by ambulance, while paramedics continued CPR on the second teen for about ten additional minutes, according to witnesses.