A man has been shot on the State Street bridge over the Chicago River.The man was shot in the head just after 5 p.m., according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Darryl Baety.
He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, according to fire officials.
Police were searching for the gunman. He was described as black, thin build, with a short afro haircut, wearing a light blue dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up and black shorts. He may also be wearing a rain coat.
The gunman was last seen running south on State, carrying a chrome handgun. Police say he may have run into the Randolph station for Metra Electric and South Shore lines.
Police say they found a shell casing and a backpack believed to belong to the shooter.
CTA buses were being rerouted around the crime scene. Traffic on State was closed off from Wacker Drive to Kinzie Street.
Gary Reidy was eating at Smith and Wollensky when he thought he heard a car backfiring. "You don't expect this kind of thing on a Monday afternoon in downtown Chicago."
Carl Burson Jr., 32, was on his way to a movie. "This is not a war zone, this is downtown Chicago," Burson said. "We don't do that down here."
Referring to a 6-year-old killed over the weekend in the Englewood neighborhood, he added: "What is going on in the world today?"
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Man shot in head on State Street bridge
A man has been shot on the State Street bridge over the Chicago River.
The man was shot in the head just after 5 p.m., according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Darryl Baety.
He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, according to fire officials.
Police were searching for the gunman.
CTA buses are being rerouted around the crime scene. Traffic on State is closed off from Wacker Drive to Kinzie Street.
