CHICAGO (WLS) — According to the Chicago police, a man was injured in a shooting following a altercation among several individuals outside a terminal at O’Hare Airport on Wednesday morning.
The shooting took place at about 12:54 a.m. on the street outside Terminal 2.
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The police reported that there was a scuffle involving multiple people which escalated when one of them brandished a firearm, resulting in a 25-year-old man sustaining two gunshot wounds to his lower body. He was swiftly taken to Lutheran General Hospital, where he was said to be in a stable condition.
One traveler said she was asleep at the time when a bullet pierced the window just feet from where she was at.
One of the travelers, Raquel Barajas, expressed shock at the incident, mentioning, “I have no clue how I did not hear this and when I woke up I saw all the cops. I was terrified, so I honestly, these ear plugs saved my life. Getting up would have made me more scared and put me in a worse scenario, so I’m just really grateful to be alive right now.”
No one else was injured. Police are interviewing a second person and Area Five detectives are investigating.
Access to the lower level transportation and baggage area is blocked as police investigate. Those picking up travelers at O’Hare arrivals are being directed to the upper level.
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