4 dead, 14 wounded in Chicago mass shooting

Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune on Jul 3, 2025

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CHICAGO — A drive-by mass shooting killed four people and wounded 14 more late Wednesday night in River North, Chicago police said.

The shooting took place outside a club at around 11 p.m. Wednesday, and little detail was available Thursday morning. A large group of people were on the 300 block of West Chicago Avenue when people inside a dark vehicle drove past, fired into the crowd and drove away, police said.

The car circled the block and appeared to target a line of people waiting to get into a building, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.

The shooting took place outside the Artis Lounge, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, where a local rapper appeared to have planned a party, according to social media. No identities for the deceased had been released as of Thursday morning.

The crime scene had been cleared from outside the club, located at 311 W. Chicago Ave. by Thursday morning as commuters made their way past the Chicago Brown and Purple Line stop.Two women, whose ages weren’t immediately available, were shot in the chest and pronounced dead at Northwestern Hospital, police said. Two men, ages 24 and 25, were shot in the chest and head respectively and pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital, police said.

The rest of the victims, who ranged in age from 21 to 32, were in various conditions at Stroger Hospital, Northwestern Hospital, Mt. Sinai Hospital and Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, police said. At least two were believed to be in critical condition.

No one was in custody as of Thursday around 5 a.m, police said. Area 3 detectives are investigating.

The mass shooting is the worst in the downtown area since 2022, when 11 people were shot outside a McDonald’s at Chicago and State Street. Two were killed.

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