2 Workers Killed At Navy Pier By Disgruntled Ex-Employee: Authorities

CHICAGO — Two workers were killed by a disgruntled ex-employee while on the job Tuesday at Navy Pier, according to authorities.

Officers responded around 1:30 p.m. to shots fired on the north side of the pier in a loading dock office in the 600 block of East Grand Avenue, where the two men were struck, police said, adding the gunman fled but a person of interest was being sought.

A shelter-in-place ordered at the pier was lifted by 3 p.m., a spokesperson said.

The men, ages 47 and 51, were both shot in the head and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital but succumbed to their injuries, according to authorities, who said that the victims worked for a subcontractor and that the shooter was a former employee of a subcontractor who had been terminated in mid-October.

"On behalf of Navy Pier, we also send our condolences to the families of the victims who just came to work today," Chief Operating Officer Brian Murphy said late Tuesday afternoon in a video update streamed live on Facebook by Chicago police. "This was an isolated incident in a non-public space at Navy Pier."