The identities and ages of the victims have not been made public, but they were reportedly in their 20s and 30s.
In the early hours of a Saturday that promised to be like any other, the sound of gunshots interrupted the tranquility of Brighton Park in Chicago. Authorities responded to a call in the 3100 block of West 39th Place around 1:10 a.m. Upon arrival, they were met with a harrowing scene: a red Dodge pickup truck and three men whose lives had been brutally cut short.
Two of the men were inside the vehicle, one with a gunshot wound to the head and the other with multiple wounds to his body. The third man was on the ground near the car, with a wound to the back of his head. Despite the efforts of emergency crews, all three men lost their lives at that location.
The identities and ages of the victims have not been made public, but they were reportedly in their twenties and thirties. The community is in shock as it tries to understand this act of violence. Unanswered questions are piling up and, so far, no arrests have been made in connection with this incident.