Kevin PatelA 28-year-old Indian-American man, on Wednesday night, was badly shot in Lincoln Park in Chicago, who was calling for increased security and intense policing in the area.
The Chicago Police Department said that the shooting took place at around 9:20 pm in 800 blocks of West Lill Avenue, a few steps from the 43rd ward office. Alderman Timmy NudsonOfficials responded to the reports of bullets and found Patel lying on the pavement with a gun bullet on the chest. He was taken to Illinois Mesonic Medical Center, where he was later declared dead. Cook County Medical ExaminerThe office of the office confirmed his identity.
The witnesses saw a man and a woman running away from the scene before the police arrived. No arrests have been made so far, and the case is under investigation Area three detectives,
The deadly shoots shook the local residents. A neighbor Garat Murce, who arrived in favor of Patel, described desperate efforts to save him. “I grabbed the towels and ran down,” he said. A 911 operator, Murce and another neighbor contracted the contraction of the chest directed by the neighbor. “You make almost a personal relationship in those moments. It was disastrous,” he said.
Another Lincoln Park resident Sophia Matheson said the proximity to the violence was upset. “It is physically closer. I have ever gone to a death … Just realize how soon it can be taken away from you,” he said. “That person’s family has to get that call – it is disastrous.”
In response to the murder, Alderman Nudson issued a statement accepting urgency to address the growing crime. He said, “This is still another reminder of work that we have to do as a city to counter violence … I have asked the 19th district to increase patrolling in the area,” he said.
As investigators work to identify the suspects, the incident has trusted concerns about public safety in one of the busiest neighborhood of Chicago.
