Two teenagers were fatally shot Friday by a masked gunman who opened fire outside a Chicago high school.
The boys, 14 and 15, were declared dead at a local hospital. Two other teenagers, a boy and girl, were injured but expected to survive, according to officials.
The suspect — dressed in a black sweatshirt and jacket and wearing a black mask — was seen fleeing the scene, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. No one was in custody as of Friday evening, police said.
“I only heard three shots but already there were two people on the ground,” one witness told the newspaper.
Schools are the “cornerstone of neighborhoods and students deserve to feel safe,” he added. “We must put an end to these unspeakable tragedies and rid our communities of gun violence.”