The first victim to die in a deadly shooting spree that went through multiple South Side neighborhoods and ended in north suburban Evanston has been identified.
CHICAGO (CBS) — The first victim to die in a deadly shooting spree that went through multiple South Side neighborhoods and ended in north suburban Evanston has been identified. The University of Chicago Sunday identified the man as Yiran Fan, a 30-year-old PhD student in a joint program of the Booth School of Business and the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics. Fan came from China to study in the United States. He was in the fourth year of his program and hoped to propose his dissertation later this year. Fan’s family in China has now been notified, and university representatives are in contact to offer support, according to a release from the University of Chicago. Fan and a building security guard in Kenwood were among those who were shot and killed. The suspect, identified as Jason Nightengale,32, was shot and killed by police in Evanston hours after the rampage started. The first incident happened in the 5000 block of South East End Avenue in the East Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood during the 1 p.m. hour, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said. He said Nightengale entered a garage and shot Fan dead in his car, and the University of Chicago confirmed that the victim was a student there. The university said the building where the shooting happened in the Regents Park apartment building at 5035 S. East End Ave. Afterward, Brown said, Nightengale went to another building on the next block north – identified as The Barclay condominium complex at 4940 S. East End Ave. Nightengale entered the vestibule of the building, took out a gun, and began firing shots – striking two women.
