Two Evanston males arrested after shots fired near Evanston Township High School

Julia Jacobs, City Editor

Two Evanston residents were arrested Wednesday evening in connection with gunshots heard near Evanston Township High School.

Police heard gunshots at about 4:15 p.m. near Lake Street and Darrow Avenue and then saw two people run into a home in the 1800 block of Lake Street, which is one block from ETHS. Witnesses told police the two males had been shooting at another group of people north of the residence on Darrow Avenue.

The two males, one adult and one juvenile, were arrested after exiting the home at about 5:40 p.m., police said. Police are unaware of any victims of the shooting but recovered a loaded handgun from inside the Lake Street residence.

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