A fight outside of the Lollapalooza music festival downtown sent three people to a hospital Sunday afternoon after a fistfight broke through a plate-glass window.
Chicago Fire Department personnel found the three victims in the 500 block of South Michigan Avenue around 5:15 p.m., authorities said. The block holds the sprawling Congress Hotel and storefronts facing the festival, which is in its fourth and final day.
Early reports suggested that the three victims were involved in a fight that smashed through a glass window, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Chief Juan Hernandez.
One victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious to critical condition. The other two, both listed in fair condition, were also taken to Northwestern, according to the Fire Department. The victims’ ages weren’t immediately available.
A WBBM-TV reporter posted video of the smashed window and police officers swarming the area in the moments after it occurred.
Chicago police confirmed the incident, but were awaiting further details about it.
