Chicago shooting: 2 injured ion CTA Belmont bus near Cicero Avenue on Northwest Side Side, witness says
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Monday, April 28, 2025 10:42AM


2 shot on CTA bus on NW Side: CPD

Chicago police said two people were wounded in a shooting on a CTA bus near Belmont and Cicero avenues on Chicago’s Northwest Side.

CHICAGO (WLS) — Two people were wounded in a shooting on a CTA bus on the Northwest Side Sunday night, Chicago police said.

The shooting took place at about 11:46 p.m. on a #77 Belmont bus in the 4800-block of West Belmont Avenue.

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Police said a 40-year-old man got involved in a verbal altercation with a male suspect on the bus. The suspect then got off the bus, took out a handgun and fired at the victim, police said.

The 40-year-old victim was shot in the leg and abdomen and transported to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in fair condition, police said.

A 22-year-old man who was on the bus suffered a graze wound to the ankle and was transported to Community First Hospital in good condition.

No one is in custody and Area Five detectives are investigating.

The CTA said buses are being rerouted in the area using Cicero, Addison and Laramie.

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