A man was shot on a CTA bus in Greater Grand Crossing on Thursday afternoon, according to Chicago police.
Two men standing on the sidewalk in the 7900 block of South Drexel Avenue shot a 20-year-old man as he boarded the bus at 1:10 p.m., police said. He was shot in the back and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition.
No one was in custody. CTA did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
At the scene, a curbed CTA bus sat at the corner of East 79th Street and South Drexel Avenue surrounded by police cars, crime scene tape and a number of violence interrupters who also responded.
Two shell casings were designated by evidence markers outside the bus door, and a bullet hole remained outlined in the shattered partition the driver and riders as it hung open.
Kae Sumlar heard a gunshot from inside her apartment a half block from the scene but didn’t see the shooting or its aftermath.
A two-year resident of the block and four-year resident of the neighborhood, she said it wasn’t surprising as shootings always hit the area as temperatures warm up for the year.
“There’s always a bunch of shootings at this corner, and it’s getting warmer,” she said. “Unfortunately, living in this neighborhood, this is what comes with the good weather.”
Sumlar said she’s saving up to move to the suburbs, likely Calumet City or Dolton, to get away from it. Affordability is what brought her to the block.
“I definitely want to move,” she said. “I just need to get away from this.”