No fewer than four people were killed and 14 others injured in a drive-by shooting outside a Chicago nightclub, police said.
Chicago Police said a dark-coloured sedan drove by the club at 23:00 local time (04:00 GMT) on Wednesday, and gunmen inside opened fire on a throng outside.
CBS News said that the audience was exiting the nightclub following rapper Mello Buckzz’s album release celebration.
According to police, the vehicle fled the area without stopping, and no one has been arrested.
The victims of the shooting were taken to multiple local hospitals. Police reported that two men, ages 24 and 25, and two women, ages 26 and 27, had died.
At least four persons admitted to the hospital are said to be in critical to dangerous condition. The victims’ identities have not yet been published.
Eyewitness Pastor Donovan Price described images of “absolute chaos” that he had never seen before.
“From people screaming to blood on the streets to people lying on the streets… horrific,” he told Reuters.
“It’s something that you wouldn’t expect to find in the city. We have a lot of shootings, but nothing like this.”
Following the incident, rapper Mello Buckzz said all she can do is “talk to God and pray”.
In a statement on social media, she said, “Prayers up for all my sisters. God, please wrap your arms around every last one of them.”
“Feel like everything is just weighing down on me,” she added.
