Chicago security guard kills offender who shot man during South Side altercation: police

One man is dead, and another is in critical condition after a Thursday afternoon shooting in Chicagos South Shore neighborhood.One man is dead, and another is in critical condition after a Thursday afternoon shooting in Chicago'sBoth men were rushed to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition. One of them was pronounced dead, while the other remains in critical.

Police say at 2:50 p.m., at the intersection of 71st and Jeffery, a 22-year-old, who witnesses said was handing out free government cellphones, got into some sort of altercation with a 26-year-old man.At that point, police say an armed security guard working at the adjacent Walgreens saw the altercation unfold and shot the 26-year-old, who later died at the hospital."It's unsettling," one longtime neighbor told FOX 32.

"We have a hot corner here," said Herman Bonslager. "They could sit a police car here, and it would stop a lot of things that's going on. Like they do downtown." "I do applaud the police for their quick response," said South Shore resident Ian McGhee. "I applaud the off-duty officer in Walgreens for responding as he did. He heard the shots in Walgreens. He did come out, identified himself, and did respond to fire."

Sources say the security guard who got involved is a part-time police officer at Cook County Hospital.

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