J Parker shooting: Man shot, killed during fight at Hotel Lincoln rooftop lounge, Chicago police say

CHICAGO (WLS) — A person is lifeless after a taking pictures at The J. Parker rooftop lounge on the Lodge Lincoln in Outdated City early Sunday morning, Chicago police mentioned.

The taking pictures occurred early Sunday morning on the North Facet lodge’s rooftop lounge on Clark Avenue at about 1:21 a.m., in keeping with police.

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Police mentioned the 35-year-old sufferer acquired in a battle with one other man within the lounge. The suspect then shot the sufferer within the chest.

He was taken to the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Heart, the place he was pronounced lifeless, police mentioned.

Lodge visitor, Hayden Croucher, mentioned a lounge worker burst into his room moments later looking for cowl.

“The man runs in after which I see him run out, after which he stopped and knocked. And I am like, okay what is going on on? I’m going up there. He is like stiff bodied. And I am like, ‘Man, what is going on on? And he is like, ‘Somebody simply acquired shot upstairs. Can I simply are available and hang around?’ It sounded sketch, however I let him in, Croucher mentioned. “I calmed him down and he is like, uh, he mentioned he heard somebody arguing over water bottles or one thing like that. And he mentioned nobody actually thought it was a gunshot. It was like a pop. And a supervisor or one thing like that screamed to everyone get out of there, and that is when he simply ran.”

Investigators are nonetheless in search of the shooter, who allegedly ran down the steps and out the entrance door of the lodge, in keeping with police scanner visitors in a single day.

Whereas it is nonetheless not clear if the sufferer and the shooter knew one another, police mentioned a bodily altercation had damaged out between them when one pulled the gun out on the opposite.

There isn’t a one in custody and Space Three detectives are investigating.

Positioned simply steps from the lakefront and immediately throughout the road from Lincoln Park, Lodge Lincoln’s lounge is a well-liked one amongst Chicagoans for its sweeping views of town.

In current weeks, the Lodge Lincoln rooftop lounge, and its attainable enlargement, has been a supply of concern for a number of the space residents. A gathering was held between administration and group members on the finish of final month to debate the lodge’s plans so as to add 1,700 sq. ft of area to the rooftop, with the hopes of getting it prepared by subsequent summer season.

Dan White, the lodge’s space common supervisor, wouldn’t elaborate on what occurred however launched a one-line assertion, saying, “we’re absolutely cooperating with legislation enforcement as they conduct their investigation.”

Whereas there are presumably surveillance cameras contained in the lodge, police, as of but, haven’t launched any footage which may assist support in catching their suspect. The sufferer on this lethal taking pictures additionally has not but been recognized.

Police haven’t supplied additional details about the taking pictures.