EDGEWATER — The shooting victim found bleeding on Sheridan Road during rush hour Wednesday might have been shot elsewhere, Ald. Harry Osterman (48th) said.
Osterman said police interviewed "numerous" residents in the area who were near the 5900 block of North Sheridan Road and found no evidence of shots fired near Lane Beach Park, which had been full of playing children about 5 p.m. when the 24-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds.
Police said Wednesday the man was shot on the block. But on Thursday officer Veejay Zala, a police department spokesman, said it was "not atypical for a victim ... to get shot and go somewhere else and give us a false location — it happens all the time."
Osterman said in an email to constituents the victim, treated at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, had been uncooperative with police.
Blood splatter could be seen on the sidewalk on the east side of Sheridan after the incident.
About 5:15 p.m. an ambulance left the scene with sirens blaring. Shortly after, police officers removed crime scene tape and conducted interviews with witnesses. Police also spoke to parents at the neighboring park full of playing children.
Osterman encouraged people with information about the incident to call detectives at 312-744-8263 or his office at 773-784-5277.
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