Two men shot outside Gary truck stop
Officers were dispatched around 9:31 pm June 16 to the Pilot Travel Center, 2501 Burr St., for two shooting victims, Gary Police spokesman Cpt. Sam Roberts said in a press release. The injured men — one a 22-year-old from Matteson, Illinois and the other a 23-year-old from Lynwood, Illinois — are cousins, police learned, and the older victim was shot several times while the younger man was shot once in the chest.
One of the victims told police that several men in a dark SUV started shooting at them as the two walked across the parking lot, and he ran into the business and hid in the Pilot bathroom, Roberts said in the release. The other victim, however, refused to give police information; officers recovered a handgun from one of the victims, Roberts said.
A local business gave officers video footage, which a dark-colored Jeep Cherokee speeding away from the area at the time of the shooting, Roberts said in the release.
If anyone has information about this shooting incident, please contact Cpl. W. Clouse at (219) 881-1209.
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