8 Wounded Wednesday Morning In Chicago Shootings
CHICAGO (CBS) -- At least eight people were wounded in shootings before noon Wednesday on Chicago's South and West sides.
The most recent shooting happened at 9:20 a.m. in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. A 28-year-old man was in the 3200 block of West Madison when he suffered the graze wound to the head, according to Chicago Police. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized. Witnesses reported that a male in a red vehicle fired the shots.
Less than an hour earlier, a man was critically wounded in a shooting in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The 31-year-old was shot several times in the torso in the 5800 block of West West End about 8:30 a.m., police said. He was dropped off at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, then transferred to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
About 7:45 a.m., a woman was also wounded in Austin. The 34-year-old was shot in the right side in the 700 block of North Laramie and drove herself to Roseland Community Hospital, where she was in good condition, police said.
Earlier, a man was shot while riding in a vehicle on the Bishop Ford Freeway on the Far South Side. Four men were in a vehicle heading south on I-94 near 111th Street about 1:30 a.m. when a black Nissan pulled alongside and someone fired multiple shots into the vehicle, according to Illinois State Police. A 22-year-old man sitting in the back left passenger seat was shot in the right hand, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with non-life-threatening injuries. The other three men in the car were not injured.
About 20 minutes earlier, a man was shot multiple times in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. The 28-year-old was in a vehicle at 1:13 a.m. in the 7300 block of South Yale when a black SUV drove up and someone inside started shooting, police said. He suffered one gunshot wound to the hip, three to the buttocks and two to the leg and took himself to St. Bernard Hospital, police said. He was later transferred to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
At 12:51 a.m., a man was shot during a robbery in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood. The 27-year-old told police he was outside in the 5700 block of South King Drive when someone walked up, pulled a handgun and announced a robbery, police said. He tried to run and the suspect fired shots, striking him in the hand. He walked into the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was in good condition.
Less than 10 minutes earlier, a man was hurt in a drive-by shooting on the Southwest Side. The 24-year-old was walking down the street at 12:42 a.m. in the 4600 block of South Cicero when a vehicle drove by and one of two people inside fired shots, police said. He was struck in the leg and taken to Mt. Sinai, where his condition stabilized.
Wednesday's first shooting happened at 12:27 a.m. in the South Side Park Manor neighborhood. A 19-year-old man was walking in the 100 block of West 72nd Street when two people walked up, asked him which gang he was in, then fired shots when he said he was not in a gang. He was hit twice in the left leg, once in each wrist and once in the shoulder; and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
On Tuesday, three people were killed and eight others wounded in shootings across the city.
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