Five Wounded In Shootings Tuesday On South Side
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Five people were injured in shootings Tuesday on the South Side.
Most recently, two teenage boys were shot in the Englewood neighborhood.
The teens, ages 15 and 16, were walking in the 7300 block of South Sangamon about 9:10 p.m. when someone in a gangway opened fire, according to Chicago Police. The older boy was shot in the right cheek and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, while the younger boy was shot in the foot and taken to Comer Children's Hospital, police said. Their conditions had both stabilized.
At 6:48 p.m., two males were shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. A 44-year-old man and a male of an unknown age were shot in the 5200 block of South Peoria Street, police said.
The 44-year-old was shot once in the leg and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized. The other male was shot in the leg and hand and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. Additional details were not immediately available.
Less than an hour earlier, a man was shot in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. The man, 22, was shot in the right arm, back and abdomen about 5:58 p.m. in the 1300 block of East 71st Place.
Two men approached him, asked where he was from and then opened fire. He was dropped off at Jackson Park Hospital in critical condition and then taken to Stroger Hospital, police said.
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