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Humboldt Park Shootings Leave 2 Wounded, Police Say

By Alex Nitkin | August 16, 2016 8:02am
 Two people were shot and wounded in Humboldt Park between Monday and early Tuesday, police said.
Two people were shot and wounded in Humboldt Park between Monday and early Tuesday, police said.
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HUMBOLDT PARK — Two people were shot and wounded in Humboldt Park between Monday and early Tuesday, police said.

Most recently, at 3:57 a.m. Tuesday morning, a man was standing at the corner of Hirsch Street and Harding Avenue when three people walked up and shot at him, according to a police incident report.

The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in good condition with a gunshot wound in the leg, police said.

Around 2:45 p.m. Monday, a 28-year-old man was walking in the 3300 block of West Augusta Boulevard when someone shot at him from a passing car, according to Officer Thomas Sweeney, a Chicago Police spokesman.

The man was taken to Norwegian Hospital in serious condition, Sweeney said.

No one is in custody, police said.

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