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Northwestern University shooting update: Lockdown lifted after 1 teen dead, 2 wounded

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Matthew Underwood

Updated on February 14, 2026

A haven set up request was given late Wednesday at Northwestern College
Three teenagers were shot, out of which one was killed
The safe house set up has been lifted as there is no dynamic danger noted nearby

A “cover set up” request was given late Wednesday at Northwestern College after three teenagers were shot, out of which one was killed, and has been lifted as there is no dynamic danger noted nearby.

The shooting occurred at Clark Road Ocean side, only south of the Evanston grounds. The request was lifted before 10 p.m. also, the understudies and personnel were given an “all reasonable” by the specialists. “There is no risk to life wellbeing right now and at this point not a need to protect set up. Police are certain the suspects are presently not nearby,” the college wrote in a proclamation.

In a tweet at 8:42 p.m., the college had first encouraged the local area to track down cover. For over an hour from that point onward, the haven set up request stayed set up. The shooting happened not long before 8:30 p.m. The suspects who are accepted to have escaped north on Sheridan Street in a vehicle after the shooting, are currently at large.

Police are responding to shots fired at Clark St. Beach just south of Evanston campus. Suspects fled north toward campus. Shelter in place until further notice.

— Northwestern (@NorthwesternU) April 13, 2023

Two of the casualties of the shooting have been moved to clinics. The college wrote in a 9:40 p.m. update that the police are scanning the college’s grounds and reconnaissance film for the suspects’ whereabouts. “We realize this is distressing and value your proceeded with persistence and participation. We will give refreshed data as fast as we get it,” the assertion said.

As per Evanston police, Sheridan Street is shut down from Davis to Clark Roads. “Be that as it may, there doesn’t seem, by all accounts, to be a proceeded with danger,” police composed.

The characters of the casualties are not known. It has, nonetheless, been affirmed that the casualties were not college understudies.