2 men killed, woman critically injured in drive-by shooting in West Englewood
Two men were killed and a woman is in critical condition after a shooting early Saturday morning, just hours after a nonviolent community bike ride around Englewood.
Friends of 30-year-old Tacari Wright say he came from a big family. They say he and his sister were shot overnight on the 6500 block of South Hermitage Avenue.
"We grew up together. I want to say we knew each other 30 years," said Antwain Cabil.
Cabil says he found out Wright died just on Saturday morning.
"If you knew him, you would love him. Like he was never no person who wanted to come out, starting stuff or bully people," he said.
According to Chicago police, a 31-year-old man, a 30-year-old man, now identified as Wright, and a 26-year-old woman, who friends say was Wright's sister, were outside their Hermitage Avenue home just before 1 a.m. when an SUV drove up to them, and someone inside fired shots.
Dozens of police officers and paramedics were on scene investigating shortly after. CPD says the suspected shooters drove away north on Hermitage, and no one has been arrested.
The drive-by shooting took place about a block away from Think Outside Da Block—a nonviolence organization in Englewood that hosted a well-attended bike ride on Friday night to fight crime.
Hundreds of families, adults, and kids were able to ride the streets of Englewood along with a police escort.
"Kids don't get a chance to ride they bike through blocks where they are either afraid, or their parents are afraid for them to ride bikes," said Pha'tal Perkins, executive director of Think Outside Da Block.
They organized the annual bike route that went through areas with the most violence in Chicago.
"Historically, every time we've done this ride, according to seven-district data, there's been zero complaints of any violent crimes in the entire seventh district," Perkins said.
Many people seen at the scene were spotted still wearing shirts from the event. Outreach workers with the nonprofit were seen canvassing the area as they try to get more information about the deadly shooting.
"Especially for an innocent woman who had something to do with it, that's unfortunate," said Jason Perry with Integrity and Fidelity, another anti-gun violence organization.
Perry says the shooting is likely an isolated incident—adding the family needs time to grieve.
"We haven't had a lot of shootings this year or a lot of homicides, but one is too many," he said.
All of the victims were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Area 1 detectives are investigating.
