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Northwestern lifts shelter-in-place after teen killed in Clark Street Beach shooting

The victims were neither students nor linked with Northwestern University, and the shooting did not take place on campus, acoordign to the police

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: Northwestern University issued a shelter-in-place order for its campus in Evanston, Illinois, following a shooting at a Chicago-area beach on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Three male teens were shot at Clark Street Beach near the school's campus at 8.30 pm local time, according to Evanston Police. A 18 or 19-year-old was shot dead, while a 15-year-old was critically injured, and another 15-year-old sustained minor gunshot wounds. 

The victims were neither students nor linked with Northwestern University, and the shooting did not take place on campus, according to police. According to Northwestern, the shelter-in-place order was removed at about 10 pm local time when police reported that the suspects had left the area, as per Fox News. 

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"The emergency near the Evanston Campus has been lifted and is all clear. There is no danger to life safety at this time and no longer a need to shelter in place," the school said on Twitter.

What did Evanston PD say?

Evanston police Cmdr Ryan Glew stated that two 15-year-old boys were injured and an 18-year-old was killed in the shooting. One of the 15-year-olds was in a serious state. As per reports, police are looking for two perpetrators who left on foot and later in a vehicle.

According to police, there have been no suspects in custody as of Wednesday night. "The incident does not appear to be a random act," Evanston PD said in a tweet, adding, "Even though there is no indication of danger to the public EPD advises caution and to report anything suspicious." Northwestern's Evanston campus is about 14 miles north of downtown Chicago.

What did the witness say?

"We heard like about 10 gunshots, and we were sitting at the bench, and we thought it was fireworks – so we're like just relaxing. And people are running, and they're like, 'Oh, run, it's gunshots!' So we're like, 'Okay, let's get out of here,'" stated witness Beatrix Kovacs, adding, "And then we are walking this way, and people start screaming: 'There's a body! There's a body!' to the police, and then they started giving him CPR, but I don't know. They took him away." Another witness Ben Maisel said, "I heard some shots and people running, and police converged over here," as per CBS.

'Why not just say they’re still at large?'

Meanwhile, the internet wonders how police can remain confident about the fact that the suspects fled the area. One user asked, "Where are the suspects if they’re not in the area?" Another user mentioned, "So you’re saying the suspects successfully fled from police so it’s safe? Why not just say they’re still at large?" Another person claimed, "How are the police so confident if they didn’t catch the freakin shooters ?!"

"It looks like a police and thief game. for parents a horror movie. how can the police be confident if they haven't arrested the suspects?" remarked one user. "So we don’t need to quarantine anymore since the suspects haven’t been located," said one user.

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