Evanston police have launched an investigation after one person was fatally shot and four teens were injured in a shooting Sunday evening. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.
Update: The fatality has been identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner as a 17-year-old male. Our original story continues below.
One person died and four others sustained injuries in a shooting Sunday evening in Evanston, police said on Twitter.
At approximately 7:17 p.m., officers received numerous 911 calls of shots fired in the area of Green Bay Road and Asbury Avenue, according to a tweet from the Evanston Police Department.
Officers located a total of five gunshot victims - four at 1950 Green Bay Rd. and a fifth at 1918 Green Bay Rd., police said.
A male victim, one of those found at 1950 Green Bay Rd., died from his injuries, police said. Those injured were four teens - two boys and two girls - ranging in age from 14 to 18 years old.
As of Sunday night, no suspects were in custody, but police said an initial investigation didn't indicate further danger to the public.
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Information about what led up to the shooting wasn't immediately available.
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