Overview
- Police say a mass shooting on the 4500 block of South Prairie Avenue struck four boys aged 12 to 14 who were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital with mostly non-life-threatening wounds.
- Roughly two hours later officers responded to a separate shooting on the 4600 block of South Federal Street where three people were shot, including an 18-year-old woman in critical condition.
- Victims from the two scenes were treated at University of Chicago hospitals, with the minors reported in good-to-fair condition and the 18-year-old listed as critical.
- Wentworth Area detectives have more than a dozen evidence markers at the Federal Street scene and are actively investigating both incidents while no one has been arrested.
- Neighbors expressed fear and frustration about public safety after the close-timed attacks, which raise fresh concerns about gun violence on Chicago’s South Side and could prompt increased police activity and community pressure for action.