Shooting in Hyde Park triggers security alert on University of Chicago campus

CHICAGO – The University of Chicago has issued a campus security alert following a shooting early Sunday morning in Hyde Park.

According to authorities, Chicago police and University of Chicago police responded to calls reporting shots fired at 5717 South Cottage Grove Avenue shortly before 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Upon arrival, officers found three victims on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds, according to police.

According to police, witnesses observed a person in a dark gray SUV point a gun from the vehicle and shoot at several people standing near a parked car. It initially looked like a targeted shooting.

The shooter’s SUV then fled south on Cottage Grove Avenue, police said, away from the University of Chicago Medical Center. The victims were taken to the University of Chicago’s adult emergency room. Police do not yet know what connection the victims had to the university.

CPD is investigating the incident.