Overview
- A shooter opened fire into a group standing outside near West 66th Street and South Wolcott Avenue in West Englewood, striking a 16-year-old boy and two men, according to police.
- The 16-year-old suffered wounds to the neck and body and drove himself to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
- A 40-year-old man with a hip wound also self-transported to the same hospital in good condition, and a 28-year-old man was taken by Chicago Fire Department medics with arm and foot wounds in good condition.
- Officers recovered a firearm at the scene, and police said no one is in custody as Area One detectives investigate.
- Police counted the West Englewood attack among at least eight people injured in separate shootings citywide, with other victims reported on South Evans Avenue, North Lockwood Avenue, South Halsted Street, and East 100th Street.