# Gunshot wounds at Allied Universal Security Services
> OSHA SIR `2021032533` · 3/25/2021 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Shooting by other person-intentional
- **Source:** Assailant, suspect, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Firearm, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Allied Universal Security Services
- **Location:** 4555 S. Western Blvd., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- **NAICS:** 561612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 25, 2021, a security officer was working at the return desk and went outside the return doors to investigate a commotion. A customer shot the security officer in the head with a gun. The security officer was hospitalized with a head injury.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*