CHICAGO — Five people were shot in daytime incidents on the city's South and West Sides Tuesday, police said.
In the latest shooting, a 21-year-old man was shot at 8:03 p.m. in his abdomen while on a porch in the 6600 block of South Hermitage Avenue in West Englewood, said Officer Veejay Zala, a police spokesman. The shooter emerged from a car before firing a gun and fleeing the scene.
The wounded man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he is in stable condition.
In other shootings:
• In South Shore a 19-year-old man was standing outside in the 7400 block of South Colfax Avenue at 7:30 p.m. when he was shot in his right thigh, Zala said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition.
• A 37-year-old woman was walking on a sidewalk at 2:23 p.m. in the 200 block of East 58th Street in Washington Park when someone wounded her from a passing car, said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a police spokesman. Shot in her back, the woman was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
• At 1:30 p.m. in Humboldt Park, a 19-year-old man was shot in his hand in the 4000 block of West Iowa Street, Sweeney said. He took himself to West Suburban Hospital.
• Earlier in Humboldt Park, another 19-year-old was shot in the 3800 block of West Huron Street at 12:47 p.m., Zala said. After the man was shot in the side, he was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was in stable condition.
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