CHICAGO — Fifteen people were wounded in separate shootings across the city in a 12-hour span from Thursday afternoon into Friday morning.
The incidents included a drive-by shooting about 11:30 p.m. that left three people wounded in the 9500 block of South Woodlawn Avenue in Burnside, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a police spokesman.
A 16-year-old and a 23-year-old man were in stable condition at Christ Hospital after both were shot in their right thigh. A third man, 27, was dropped off at Trinity Hospital after being shot in his back and thigh. He was transferred to Christ in stable condition, Alfaro said.
In the most recent shooting, a 25-year-old man was in good condition after he walked into Jackson Park Hospital after being shot in his left hand. He told police the shooting happened at 4:10 a.m. in the 7800 block of South Shore Drive in South Shore, police said.
In other shootings across the city:
• Around 1:20 a.m. Friday, two people were shot as they sat in their living room in the 300 block of East 136th Street. A 48-year-old man was shot in his right arm and a 67-year-old woman was shot in her right knee. Both victims were taken to Metro South Hospital in stable condition, Alfaro said.
• Around 1:15 a.m. Friday, a 20-year-old man was shot in his buttocks while standing in the 4500 block of South Wabash Avenue in Grand Boulevard. He was taken to Stroger in stable condition.
• Fifteen minutes earlier, a 24-year-old man was shot in his arm and chest by someone inside a car that pulled alongside him while he was walking in the 100 block of South Pulaski Road in West Garfield Park. He was taken to Mt. Sinai in serious condition, Alfaro said.
• Two people were shot while driving southbound in the 10400 block of South Wentworth Avenue in Roseland. A 35-year-old woman was treated on the scene for a graze wound. A man whose age was unknown was taken to Roseland Hospital in good condition after being shot in his buttocks, said Officer Jose Estrada, a police spokesman.
• Around 8:40 p.m., a 31-year-old man was shot in his left hand in the 11500 block of South Eggleston Avenue in West Pullman. He drove himself to Metro South Hospital, where he is in good condition, Estrada said.
Also Thursday, two men were shot at a barbecue in Rogers Park about 10:50 p.m. Earlier Thursday, a 56-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were shot in separate incidents on the South Side.
