CHICAGO—The upbeat mood in a busy Chicago neighborhood known for its restaurants and nightlife quickly turned into horror late Wednesday as shots were fired at a crowd from a fast-moving vehicle, killing four people.
After the shots rang out, some people fell to the ground or screamed, witnesses said.
“I can only describe it as a war zone,” Chicago pastor Donovan Price, who responds to communities and people in crisis, told The Associated Press. ”Just mayhem and blood and screaming and confusion as people tried to find their friends and phones. It was a horrendous, tragic, dramatic scene.”
Larry Snelling, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, called the shooting a “cowardly act” at a Thursday news conference. He said the shooting was isolated to a location rented out for a specific event….