A 22-year-old man who was at the store with a friend, said the shooter didn't say much and the officer didn't have time to react. "It happened so quickly," he said. The shooter was "light-skinned" and had "gang tattoos on his face," he said.



Store owner Jaimini Patel said the store, which is equipped with security cameras, was robbed about three weeks ago.



"For so many years, nothing happened like this," she said. "Not like this, a shooting, somebody dying. Never happened. I don't know what to say now."



James Bowman, 35, who lives nearby in Oak Park, said hiring a security guard "was supposed to stop the problem. But now it's a bigger problem."



Bowman said his friend was killed on the same block about 10 years ago. "Stuff like this, it's normal here," he said.



Another man, who asked not to be named, said he stopped by the store Wednesday after his son's basketball game and spoke with the officer.



His son was dribbling the ball and the officer asked the man about his son's game.



"Shocking, it's shocking," the man said about the shooting.



A woman who lives near the store was on her way to play the lottery when she said she heard one shot and then saw police gather quickly.