‘She was screaming for help’: Woman killed in River North shooting ID’d by family; sister also shot

Police mentioned all of it unfolded on the sidewalk close to the Home of Blues simply after 1 a.m. That is the place police mentioned two girls had been in a verbal altercation with an unknown male offender, who then pulled out a gun and shot each girls a number of instances.

Some folks close by noticed the capturing and described the preliminary chaos.

“I heard about three, 4 pictures,” mentioned Justin Beters, a witness. “I heard a bunch of females surrounding one other feminine laying on the bottom. She wasn’t shifting, they usually had been yelling and crying, and screaming for assist.”

One in all them is a 26-year-old who was shot within the chest and brought to Northwestern hospital. She died quickly after from her accidents.

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The opposite 31-year-old lady sustained a gunshot wound to the left thigh and was additionally taken to Northwestern hospital. She was final listed in good situation.

These two girls, relations say, had been sisters.

Household has recognized the lady killed as 26-year-old Tashawnna Anderson. Her sister is being handled for a gunshot wound to the thigh.

Household video exhibits Anderson holding her younger daughter, who family members mentioned is simply a few months in need of turning one.

That is the second weekend in a row a capturing occured in River North. In reality, a person was shot final weekend exterior of a nightclub simply blocks away from Saturday’s lethal capturing.

On this latest capturing, nobody has been arrested.