Shooting inside ER of Evanston Hospital outside Chicago leaves security guard wounded

A security guard was shot and wounded Thursday night during a struggle in the emergency room of a hospital in the city of Evanston, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, officials said.

The shooting occurred in the ER of Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital, located at 2650 Ridge Ave.

At 7:26 p.m. Central time, the Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or C.A.R.E. team — which provides non-police response to certain low-risk service calls — approached a man near the downtown Evanston Taco Bell at 1737 Sherman Ave., according to Evanston police Cmdr. Scott Sophier…

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