Four victims were killed and two others were injured in a shooting that began in Chicago on Saturday and ended when police in Evanston shot and killed the suspect during a firefight, officials said.
The suspect was identified as Jason Nightengale, 32, said Chicago Police Department superintendent David Brown.
In the first incident, at approximately 1:50 pm on block 5300 on South East End Avenue in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, the suspect entered a parking lot and fatally shot a 30-year-old man who was sitting in a vehicle.
The victim was a student at the University of Chicago, authorities confirmed.
The suspect then went to block 4900 on South East End Avenue around 2 pm, where he entered an apartment building and killed a security guard, police said. The criminal also shot a 77-year-old woman who was inside the building retrieving her mail.
About 45 minutes later, the suspect went to a building on Block 5,000 on South East End Avenue, where he aimed a gun at a man he knew and stole his vehicle, police said.
The criminal went to block 9300 on South Halsted Street, where he robbed a convenience store and killed a 20-year-old man. A second person inside the establishment, an 81-year-old woman, was injured by a firearm and was taken to the Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition.
At around 5 pm, the assailant assaulted a 15-year-old girl who was in a vehicle with her mother on block 10300 on South Halsted Street, according to Chicago police. The girl was said to be in critical condition at the Children’s Hospital Comer.
After that incident, the suspect returned to the convenience store shooting and firing at the police, hitting a Chicago Police Department vehicle.
At approximately 4:45 pm, the suspect entered a CVS pharmacy in Evanston, announced a robbery, and subsequently fled to a nearby IHOP restaurant, where he shot a woman in the head. The woman died of her injuries, according to Chicago police.
The suspect was injured after being involved in a shootout with Evanston police. He was then taken to the AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, said Evanston police chief Demitrous Cook.
Police had no information on a possible reason on Saturday night, Brown said. No police officers were injured in any of the incidents, authorities confirmed.
“If it weren’t for the courage of the Evanston police officers who confronted the suspect, many more people would have been injured,” added Brown. “We should take our hats off to the Evanston police and the hard-working Chicago Police Department employees …”