Chicago, Illinois: Moped Gunman Shoots Man in the Head in Little Village, Police Say

A 44-year-old man was shot in the head and critically injured late on Saturday, Nov. 7, after a gunman riding a moped opened fire in Little Village, on Chicago's Southwest Side, the Chicago Police Department said. Officers responded at about 11:12 p.m. to the 3100 block of South Kolin Avenue, where the man had been standing outside. Chicago police described the shooting on Sunday, Nov. 8, in a short account carried by local television stations and news outlets.

What police said

Police said the man was standing outside when an unknown gunman approached on a dark colored moped, fired at him and fled in an unknown direction. The shooter had not been identified in the reports published on Sunday, and police released no description beyond the dark moped. No arrest had been announced by Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, and police did not say in their account whether the man was targeted or what led up to the shooting.

The call came late on Saturday night, Nov. 7. Officers who responded to the 3100 block of South Kolin Avenue found the man shot after the moped rider had already fled, according to the police account. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. Police gave no further detail about his injuries beyond the wound to the head, and they did not release his name.

Critical condition at Mount Sinai

The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head, police said. Officers did not release his name, and the reports published on Sunday carried no update on his condition beyond critical. FOX 32 Chicago reported the police account on Sunday, and WGN and Dispatch Times carried the same details, each citing the Chicago Police Department. The three reports agree on the time, the block, the moped and the hospital, and none of them names a suspect.

Detectives are investigating

Area detectives are investigating the shooting, police said. In the Sunday account, police placed the shooting at about 11:12 p.m. and said the man was outside when the moped passed. That is the full sequence the department has released so far: a man standing on the block, a rider on a dark moped, shots fired, and a flight in an unknown direction. No other agency role, suspect search, road closure or public safety alert tied to the shooting was announced in the Sunday reports.

What is still unknown

Sunday's reports left the central questions open. Police have not named the victim, have not described the shooter beyond the moped, and have not said how many shots were fired. The next facts in the case will come from the police: an arrest, a fuller description of the rider, or a change in the man's condition at Mount Sinai Hospital. Until then, the Little Village shooting rests on the short account the department gave on Sunday, and detectives hold the case.