Shooting incident near Chicago Fire crew

A shooting -not the filmic kind- has taken place in Chicago, near the set of Chicago Fire.

On Wednesday, Chicago Police confirmed that an unknown offender, armed with a handgun, shot at a group of people standing not far from where cast were filming the TV drama.

Deadline reports no-one was struck and the offender fled in a dark-coloured SUV.

No one was injured, though production was apparently halted for the day. Detectives are investigating.

The shooting is the latest in a spate of recent incidents close to Chicago productions. In July, production on Justified: City Primeval was halted after two cars, whose occupants were engaged in a gunfight, smashed through the show’s barricades.

Hello everyone. The incident today near the Chicago Fire set is just one in a long line of incidents this year that have impacted shows that film here. The most serious was the shooting on the Justified set, while bullets also hit near the Chicago Med part of the studio..

— Filming in Chicago (@filming_chicago) September 14, 2022