Two Men Shot Inside Loop 7-Eleven in Chicago, Illinois

Two men were shot Monday night inside a 7-Eleven store in Chicago's Loop, in the first block of East Adams Street near Wabash Avenue, Chicago police said. The shooting happened at about 9:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26, and both men were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in fair condition.

Police said a 26-year-old man was inside the store when an armed person entered and pointed a gun at him. The two briefly struggled, and the gunman then fired several shots. The 26-year-old was struck multiple times in the body. A second customer, a 23-year-old man, was grazed in the foot during the shooting.

Both men expected to recover

Both wounded men were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Police listed them in fair condition on Tuesday morning, and local reports said both were expected to recover. The 26-year-old had been shot multiple times, while the younger man's injury was a graze wound to his foot. No other injuries were reported inside the store.

The store sits in the Loop, the downtown district around the elevated train lines, a few steps from the Adams and Wabash station. The shooting was reported in the 0 to 100 block of East Adams Street, and officers were called there shortly after the gunfire on Monday night.

Shooter fled east on Adams Street

Police said the shooter fled east on Adams Street after the shooting. No one was in custody as of Tuesday morning, and police had not released a description of the shooter. Officers also had not said what led to the confrontation inside the store, or whether the 26-year-old man was targeted.

Area Three detectives are investigating. Police have not said whether store video captured the shooting, and they have not announced any arrest in the case. Anyone following the case should expect updates from Chicago police as detectives work through what happened in the minutes before the gunman entered the store.

What is not yet known

The motive remains unknown. Police have not explained why the armed person pointed a gun at the 26-year-old, what was said during the brief struggle, or whether anything was taken from the store. The names of the two wounded men have not been released, which is standard for victims in an open investigation.

The Loop shooting was one of two shootings in central Chicago that drew a police response on Monday night, and it came on a night when officers were also working a separate federal agent shooting in Pilsen, about two miles southwest. Police have not linked the two incidents in any way.