Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2016 1:54:23 GMT -6
Two high-ranking United Auto Workers Local 551 officials were shot outside the union hall in Hegewisch shortly after winning re-election to the executive board on Friday night.
Three men were having an argument in the parking lot of the union hall at 13550 S. Torrence Ave. when one pulled a handgun and shot the other two in the legs, Chicago Police Department spokeswoman Bari Lemmon said.
UAW Local 551, which represents more than 4,200 workers at the Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant on the Calumet River, had just had an election and announced the results.
The man shot a 40-year-old man in the left leg and a 44-year-old man in the right leg, Lemmon said. They drove themselves to Franciscan St. Margaret Health hospital in Hammond, where they were in stable condition.
Read more: www.nwitimes.com/business/local/two-high-ranking-uaw-officials-shot-after-union-election/article_ead2d128-d7f4-5c43-bce2-da7a783a5d9f.html
Three men were having an argument in the parking lot of the union hall at 13550 S. Torrence Ave. when one pulled a handgun and shot the other two in the legs, Chicago Police Department spokeswoman Bari Lemmon said.
UAW Local 551, which represents more than 4,200 workers at the Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant on the Calumet River, had just had an election and announced the results.
The man shot a 40-year-old man in the left leg and a 44-year-old man in the right leg, Lemmon said. They drove themselves to Franciscan St. Margaret Health hospital in Hammond, where they were in stable condition.
Read more: www.nwitimes.com/business/local/two-high-ranking-uaw-officials-shot-after-union-election/article_ead2d128-d7f4-5c43-bce2-da7a783a5d9f.html