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Monday 11 January 2021

Cops: Chicago shooter who killed 3 posted social media rants

By SOPHIA TAREEN battery case, according
Associated Press to WLS-TV. An attorney for
CHICAGO (AP) — A man Nightengale couldn’t be
who police say killed three located Sunday.
people and wounded four Friends were shocked to
others during a series of hear of the shootings, de-
shootings in and around scribing Nightengale as a
Chicago posted nonsensi- devoted father to twin girls
cal and expletive-laced who had a charismatic
videos in the days and personality and a sense of
hours leading up to the at- humor but who had been
tacks. through tough times.
Investigators on Sunday Tommy Taylor remembered
were trying to determine meeting Nightengale at a
a motive for the Saturday movies in the park event
afternoon attacks in which in Rogers Park, a Chicago
police say 32-year-old Ja- neighborhood that borders
son Nightengale appar- Evanston. They hung out
ently chose his victims at over the years.
random. Police killed Night- “From all the years I knew
engale in a shootout just him, he had always been a
north of the city about four good guy and funny guy,”
hours after authorities say Taylor said. “Something
he shot his first victim in the had to happen in order for
head in a South Side park- him to break him like that.”
ing garage. University of Chicago offi-
Those killed included a cials said Fan was working
30-year-old University of toward a doctorate in a
Chicago student from joint program between the
China named Yiran Fan, university’s schools of busi-
a 20-year-old man and a ness and economics, and
46-year-old security guard. that his family in China had
Wounded were a 77-year- been notified of his death.
old woman, 81-year-old “We know that this shock-
woman and a 15-year-old ing incident brings grief to
girl, according to Chicago our entire community and
Police Superintendent Da- This 2018 booking photo from the Chicago Police Department shows Jason Nightengale. concern for the wellbeing
Associated Press
vid Brown. Another wom- and safety of others,” the
an was shot in the neck in short videos, including sev- then opened fire at a where he shot a woman in university said in a news re-
Evanston, police in suburb eral in the hours before convenience store, killing the neck. She was in critical lease. “In the days ahead
said. the first attack, which were the 20-year-old man and condition, Evanston police we will come together as a
Authorities didn’t release viewable until the page wounding the 81-year-old Chief Demitrous Cook told community to mourn, and
many details about Night- was taken down Sunday. woman in the head and reporters. to lift up fellow members
engale, a Chicago man In one, he says, “I’m going neck. The woman was in Nightengale left the res- of our community in this
whose LinkedIn page listed to blow up the whole com- critical condition. taurant and was confront- difficult and very sad time.
work over the years as a munity.” In another, Night- After leaving the store, ed by officers in a parking Please join us in wishing
janitor, security guard and engale appears to groove Nightengale shot a 15-year- lot, leading to a shootout consolation and healing for
forklift operator. But a series to the Bee Gee’s “Staying old girl who was riding in a in which he was shot and our student’s loved ones.”’
of disturbing videos post- Alive” while laughing. car with her mother, leav- killed, Cook said. Brown said the information
ed to Facebook over two The shootings began shortly ing the girl in critical condi- Evanston police Sgt. Ken he shared at the news con-
years under Nightengale’s before 2 p.m. Saturday with tion, police said. He then Carter said Nightengale ference was preliminary
middle name, Oliver, of- the killing of Fan, who was went back to the conve- appeared to have a con- and could change. He said
fered clues as to his state of shot in the head while sit- nience store and fired on nection to Evanston, but investigators had little infor-
mind. ting in his car in a parking officers who were investi- he did not have further de- mation about Nightengale
In one posted Thursday, garage in the Hyde Park gating the earlier shooting. tails. He said Sunday that but plan to release more
Nightengale held a gun to neighborhood, Brown said. None of them were injured, an outside agency would details as they get them.
the camera and muttered After that, Nightengale Brown said. take over the investigation “When you hear this whole
unintelligible statements as “just randomly” walked into Nightengale then drove since Evanston police were story, it seems that you
he appeared to be driving. an apartment building a about 10 miles (16 kilome- involved in the fatal shoot- have a crystal ball of what
A police official who spoke block away, where he shot ters) north to Evanston, ing. he’s doing next, and we
on condition of anonym- the female security guard which borders Chicago, Chicago police released all know we don’t have a
ity because he was not and the 77-year-old wom- where police responded to an October 2018 booking crystal ball where he goes
authorized to speak pub- an, who was getting her a report of shots that had photo of Nightengale that next nor do we have this
licly about the investigation mail, Brown said. The guard been fired inside a CVS. was taken after he was on any of our POD cam-
confirmed it was Nighten- was pronounced dead at Nightengale had appar- charged with multiple driv- eras,” Brown said. “We are
gale in the video. a hospital and the other ently walked into the phar- ing-relate offenses, includ- responding to the scene as
“No music. No. No music,” woman was hospitalized in macy, announced that he ing driving on a suspended these crimes are happen-
Nightengale says in the critical condition. was robbing it and fired off license. His criminal record ing, getting information,
video, his speech slurred. From there, Nightengale shots that didn’t hit any- started in 2005 and includ- and again, he’s going to
“I don’t need no seat belt. went to another nearby one, authorities said. He ed arrests for gun and drug the next while we are try-
I’m coming, girl.” building and stole a car then went across the street violations, aggravated as- ing to keep up with what’s
He posted dozens of other from a man he knew. He to an IHOP restaurant, sault, and a 2019 domestic happened previously.”q