Comprehensive report by Chengdu TV Shenniao Zhixun all-media reporter Liu Yi According to multiple media reports in Chicago, the United States, on the afternoon of the 9th (Tuesday) local time outside a block near Hyde Park, a newly graduated student from the University of Chicago The student was shot and killed just one block from the UChicago campus.
Police said that at around 2 p.m. this afternoon, a 24-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk in the 900 block of East 54th Place when a dark car pulled up next to him and an armed robber approached him. Get out of the car and demand his property.
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Witnesses told the police that according to preliminary information at the scene, the man refused the robber's request and started fighting with him. The robber then shot the victim in the chest and drove away from the scene. The victim was sent to the University of Chicago Medical Center for emergency treatment. Unfortunately, the victim was pronounced dead after arriving at the hospital.
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According to the latest statement from the University of Chicago, the victim was a recent graduate of the school.
"We are working with the Chicago Police Department to gather more facts about this case, and the University of Chicago Police Department is immediately increasing patrols around campus... We encourage you to remain alert and exercise caution." Responsible for safety and Eric M. Heath, vice president of security, said in an email. "This is devastating news for our entire community. We will report more information about this incident at any time."
Source: Chicago University official website
Today, it was reported online that the victim was a 24-year-old man from Chengdu, Sichuan , surnamed Zheng, studied at Chengdu No. 7 Middle School. A screenshot of the
group called the "University of Chicago Parents Group" shows that his parents cried in the University of Chicago Parents Group and complained that they had received a call from the embassy confirming that their son had been killed.