Around 11 p.m., people were exiting a venue in the River North neighborhood and standing on the sidewalk when a vehicle pulled up and someone in the car opened fire on the crowd, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said at a news conference.

Gunfire from a passing car ripped into a crowd of partygoers in the River North neighborhood, the police said.

Four people were killed and 14 more were hospitalized in a drive-by mass shooting late on Wednesday, July 2, police in Chicago said. Three of the victims are in critical condition. Someone opened fire into a crowd standing outside a venue in Chicago's River North neighborhood at about 11 p.m., police said, and the black SUV immediately drove away.