A suspect was arrested after shooting at two officers at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, killing one while the other is in critical condition.
12:55 ET, 25 Apr 2026Updated 14:34 ET, 25 Apr 2026
A naked gunman has opened fire on two police officers(Image: Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital )
A ‘naked’ gunman is in custody after a shooting inside a Chicago hospital left one police officer dead and another critically injured on Saturday morning, law enforcement sources confirmed.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News Chicago a prisoner being transported to or from the hospital managed to grab a gun and begin shooting. Two officers were hit and transferred to Illinois Masonic, where they were listed in critical condition. NBC Chicago is reporting that one officer has died from his injuries.
The shooter managed to flee in the chaos and ran to a nearby home several blocks away. Videos reveal that SWAT officers rushed to the scene, where they surrounded the home and managed to place the shooting suspect into custody.
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Alderperson Andre Vasquez’s office (40th Ward) asked residents to shelter in place and avoid the streets as police conduct their work.
Vasquez’s office wrote on Facebook, “Please shelter in place if you are in the surrounding area or avoid the area. Our office will send out a notification as soon as possible with information when available.”
Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital confirmed on X that the facility is currently on lockdown. They said, “Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital campus is currently on lockdown. Law enforcement on site. Additional information as available will be posted.”
Swedish hospital in Chicago was the site of a shooting today(Image: Google Maps)
The hospital updated that patients and staff were safe following the incident. “12:16 pm: Around 11:00am, there was a shooting at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital. The campus is currently closed while law enforcement leads their investigation. We are not aware of any active threat within the hospital and patients and team members at Swedish Hospital are safe.”
Emergency services remain at the scene and investigations are ongoing.
The incident unfolded at Around 10:45 a.m., as officers were escorting the shooting suspect to a hospital to treat injuries from a separate incident.
Two officers were shot in a gunfight with a prisoner at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital in Chicago(Image: Google Maps)
Chicago saw more homicides and more people shot in March than in the same month a year ago, with gun violence in the city edging above last year’s record-low levels.
Chicago Police Department figures show 41 people were killed in March — a 17% rise from the 35 homicides recorded in March 2025. Shootings (124) and shooting victims (137) were also higher than in March last year.
So far in 2026, the city has logged 97 homicides in the first three months, the same as at this point in 2025 — a year that finished with Chicago’s lowest homicide total in six decades.
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