Chief Demitrous Cook of the Evanston, Ill., police after a gunman went on a shooting spree before being killed by officers in a shootout.Credit...Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times, via Chicago Sun-Times, via Associated Press

Four people were killed and two others severely injured in a shooting rampage in Chicago, the US state of Illinois.

Iran PressAmerica: A deadly shooting spree on Saturday that started in Chicago and ended in a shootout in nearby Evanston, Ill., left at least four people dead, including the suspected gunman, and at least four others critically wounded, the authorities said according to the New York Times.

The suspect was killed in a shootout with Evanston police officers after a rampage that targeted seemingly random victims, including a 15-year-old girl who was shot in the head while riding in a car with her mother, and a woman who was taken hostage in a restaurant before being shot by her captor.

Among the dead were a building security guard and a University of Chicago student, whose body was found in a parked car.

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