At least three people have been killed and another 16 injured in a mass shooting at a rapper’s album release party outside a Chicago nightclub, authorities say.
Police confirmed that multiple people had been shot in a drive-by shooting near Artis Lounge nightclub on the 300 block of West Chicago Avenue.
First responders were evaluating several people injured at the scene, Northwestern Medicine spokesperson Chris King said.
The shooting reportedly occurred as people were leaving a party for Chicago-based rapper Mello Buckzz, 24, who had just released a new album.
“Prayers up for all my sisters god please wrap yo arms around every last one of them,” she wrote on her Instagram story Thursday morning. “We need u i need u ngl im f***ed up ..feel like everything just weighing down on me…. All i can do is talk to god and pray.”
Officer Julio Garcia said the Chicago Police Department would release additional updates as they became available.
He could not provide the number of people sent to the hospital or their conditions.
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