Sylvester ‘Sly’ Gardner killed, two others injured when gunman opens fire inside Subway restaurant in Chatham

Sylvester “Sly” Gardner was killed and two other people were wounded in a shooting Tuesday night inside a Subway restaurant in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.

Authorities investigate after a triple shooting at a Chatham Subway restaurant on Tuesday night. | Network Video Productions

Authorities investigate after a triple shooting at a Chatham Subway restaurant on Tuesday night. | Network Video Productions


It happened about 8:30 p.m. in the first block of West 79th Street. A gunman walked into the shop, opened fire and then ran out, according to Chicago Police.

Gardner, 28, was shot multiple times was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 7900 block of South Wabash.

Another man, 21, was shot in the arm and leg, and was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital. A 17-year-old girl was shot in the head and back, police said. Her condition was stabilized.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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