| Magnificent Mile shooting | |
| Location: | 800 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Time-Begin: | 10:40 |
| Time-End: | p.m. |
| Timezone: | CDT |
| Type: | Mass shooting |
| Fatalities: | 2[1] |
| Injuries: | 8 |
| Weapon: | Glock 19[2] |
| Perpetrator: | Jaylun Sanders |
On May 19, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the city's Magnificent Mile shopping district, near Michigan Avenue.[3] Two people were killed, and eight others were injured.[4] The accused perpetrator, Jaylun Sanders, was taken into custody by Chicago police.
The shooting occurred at about 10:40p.m. CDT, near a McDonald's establishment on the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago.[4] The incident occurred a few blocks from the city's Magnificent Mile shopping district. The shooting happened as a result of an altercation outside the McDonald's restaurant.[4] The cause of the altercation is not yet known; however it was described as "personal" by detectives.[5] [1] The shooting was triggered when police officers, who were near the area noticed two groups engaging in a fight.[1]
After the shooting, the suspect fled and caused a chase between police officials to the Chicago station of the city's Red Line. Amid the chase, a woman fell onto the tracks and was electrocuted at the State Street subway. Passengers from this station were evacuated at around 11:30p.m., an hour after the shooting.[6]
Several of the victims were hospitalized at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. All wounded victims were reported under serious condition.
The shooting was significant because it happened a week after a shooting in downtown Chicago's Millennium Park where a teen was shot and killed and led the city to enforce a curfew for young people.[4]
Three days after the shooting, 21-year-old Chicago native Jaylun Sanders was named by Cook County prosecutors as the perpetrator of the shooting.[7] The weapon used was a Glock 19 handgun that Sanders had purchased from a relative in Indiana.[7] The Glock was also outfitted with a device which allows full auto fire.[8]
Two people were killed in the shooting,[9] one of the victims being 30-year-old Antonio Wade.[10] Wade was one of the individuals involved in the altercation that led to the shooting.[10] The incident was recorded by several cell phones nearby the crime scene. The second victim was a 31-year-old male, who was shot in the back of the head and was hospitalized at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
In the aftermath of the shooting, a suspect was arrested by police on May 20, 2022. Another person was arrested for obstructing the officers from making an arrest at the scene.[1] In response to the shooting, Mayor Lori Lightfoot called the shooting "an outrageous act of violence" and announced that the city would increase police presence near the area of the shooting.[11] The Chicago Tribune reported that during the shooting, a fight had happened between a witness and police officials.[12] In June, a juvenile was arrested in connection with the shooting after turning himself in to the police.[13]
Lightfoot and Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department David Brown blamed the shooting on the parents of the suspects.[12]