Police said the victims were outside a West Englewood home when someone in an SUV opened fire.
CHICAGO, IL — Two men were killed and a woman was critically wounded early Saturday when someone in an SUV fired at them outside a home in the West Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said.
The shooting left a South Side block under investigation just hours after a community bike ride focused on nonviolence in Englewood. Police said no one was in custody as Area One detectives worked to identify the shooter, the driver and a motive.
Police said the shooting happened just after 12:45 a.m. Saturday in the 6500 block of South Hermitage Avenue. A 30-year-old man, a 31-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were standing outside when a white SUV pulled up. A male suspect inside the vehicle fired shots, police said. The 30-year-old man was shot in the head, and the 31-year-old man was shot in the chest. Both men were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead. The woman was shot in the body and was taken to the same hospital in critical condition.
Friends identified the 30-year-old man as Tacari Wright. They said the wounded woman was his sister. The Cook County medical examiner’s office had not publicly released the names of both men in early reports, and police had not announced whether the victims were targeted. Antwain Cabil, a friend of Wright, said he learned Saturday morning that Wright had died. “We grew up together. I want to say we knew each other 30 years,” Cabil said. He described Wright as a person people cared for and said Wright was not known for causing trouble. Police said the SUV fled north on Hermitage Avenue after the gunfire.
The attack happened near homes on a residential stretch of West Englewood, a South Side community where violence prevention groups have worked for years to reach families, young people and people most at risk of being affected by shootings. CBS Chicago reported that the shooting took place about a block from Think Outside Da Block, an Englewood nonprofit that had hosted a large bike ride Friday night. The ride drew families, adults and children who traveled through Englewood with a police escort. Some people at the shooting scene were still wearing shirts from the event, and outreach workers were seen canvassing nearby after the gunfire.
Pha’tal Perkins, executive director of Think Outside Da Block, said the bike ride was meant to give children a safe way to move through neighborhoods where fear can limit normal activities. “Kids don’t get a chance to ride they bike through blocks where they are either afraid, or their parents are afraid for them to ride bikes,” Perkins said. He said the annual route goes through areas with high levels of violence in Chicago. Jason Perry, with the anti-gun violence group Integrity and Fidelity, said the shooting appeared to be isolated and that the family needed time to grieve. “We haven’t had a lot of shootings this year or a lot of homicides, but one is too many,” Perry said.
Investigators had not reported any arrests by Saturday evening. Police did not release a detailed description of the shooter beyond saying the gunfire came from a male suspect inside the SUV. They also did not say whether surveillance video had been recovered from the block or nearby streets. Area One detectives were assigned to the case, the police unit that handles major investigations on that part of the South Side. The next steps include reviewing evidence from the scene, checking cameras along the SUV’s route and interviewing witnesses who were outside or nearby when the shots were fired.
The shooting added to the toll of gun violence families and outreach workers have tried to reduce across Englewood and West Englewood. The immediate scene drew police officers, paramedics and neighbors after midnight, turning a quiet block into a crime scene. The University of Chicago Medical Center, where all three victims were taken, remained the central point for both the fatality rulings and the wounded woman’s care. Her name was not released in early reports, and her condition was last described as critical.
As of Saturday night, police said no one was in custody. Detectives continued investigating the shooting, the SUV’s path north on Hermitage Avenue and the events that led to the gunfire.
Author note: Last updated June 14, 2026.