VIDEO: Crime scene at Birch Manor Condominiums after a shooting and manhunt for three or four offenders that fled the scene after the shooting Thursday night.
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police are investigating a shooting which injured two men last night in unincorporated Mount Prospect, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today.
Just before 9 p.m. on Thursday, Cook County Sheriff’s Police received a report of a shooting in the 700 block of Dempster Street.
Officers located a 24-year-old man, with gunshot wounds, lying on the ground outside the front entrance of a condominium. A 22-year-old man, also suffering from gunshot wounds, was located inside the condominium.
Both men were taken to area hospitals for treatment of their injuries.
Officers and a bloodhound team searched the surrounding area, but were unable to locate the offenders.
Nearby suburban police departments also responded and assisted Sheriff’s Police at the scene.
Based on the information gathered at the scene and from witnesses, investigators believe three to five unknown men were involved in the shooting, which appeared to be drug related.
Sheriff Dart asks anyone with information about this incident to call Sheriff’s Police at 708-865-4896.
Cook County Sheriff’s police block the east entrance to Birch Manor Condominiums near Dempster Street and Linneman Road.
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Focus of area of investigation near the GREEN ARROW.
Map of area of shooting near Dempster Street and Linneman Road …
Cook County Sheriff’s Police Deputy stops a visitor from entering the condo/apartment complex property on Linneman Road on the east side of the complex.
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