A 19-year-old woman who was shot outside the Loop Macy’s Saturday night may not have been the intended target, according to police reports obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Just before the shooter opened fire in her direction, an altercation between two groups of male teens had occurred, according to a report.
Investigators learned the victim was “not likely the intended target,” the report said.
The assailant, only described as a male teen wearing a gray hoodie, shot her in her leg left, pelvis and right hand just before 9 p.m., when the woman was in a crosswalk outside the Macy’s at 111 N. State St.
Paramedics loaded her onto a stretcher and carried her from Macy’s, where she had run for help, and she was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in fair condition, officials said.
Moments after the shooting, people could be seen outside Macy’s running for safety as holiday festivities took place nearby, including the second day of Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza.
Police were reviewing footage from private cameras as well as film from police observation device cameras.
No one was reported in custody Tuesday afternoon.