Mensa Kifle was killed and another man was seriously wounded in a Monday morning shooting in the Edgewater neighborhood that prompted nearby Loyola University to issue a campus alert.
Kifle was shot about 10:35 a.m. in the 1100 block of West Glenlake Avenue, authorities said.
Mensa Kifle
Kifle, of the 6000 block of North Albany Avenue, was shot in the shoulder and right hip and pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston at 11:27 a.m., authorities said.
A 24-year-old man was also wounded and taken in serious condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center after being shot in both legs, police said.
“King Shabazz” and “Eden” posted the following about Kifle on Twitter Tuesday:
It's weird when someone u grew up gets their life cut short like this #Ripmensa again
— King Shabazz (@KingShabazz_) December 3, 2013
Nothing worse than waking up choking on tears & realizing it wasn't just a bad dream. RIP Mensa
— Eden (@EduShikor) December 3, 2013
The shooting led Loyola University to issue a campus alert, which noted nobody from the nearby school was involved.
Area North detectives are investigating.
-Sun-Times Media Wire