Police said the shooting was not related to the university and that there didn't appear to be a continued threat.
Northwestern University issued an emergency safety advisory to “shelter in place” Wednesday night after two men were shot at Clark Street Beach, just south of the Evanston campus.
The university first urged the community to find shelter in a tweet at 8:42 p.m. A half-hour later, the university was still advising the community to continue sheltering in place.EMERGENCY: Continue to shelter in place on Evanston campus. Police are searching for four suspects in a shooting at Clark Street Beach.The shooting happened just before 8:30 p.m. The suspects were seen heading north on Sheridan Road in a sedan. We will continue to update.
Evanston police responded to a shooting at the 1800 block of Sheridan Road, police wrote in a tweet. Two men were transported to hospitals and no one was immediately in custody, the department said.The shooting was not affiliated with Northwestern and the victims were not university students, the department said.
Sheridan Road is closed from Davis to Clark streets, according to Evanston police, who were not immediately available for further comment.
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