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Englewood Shootings Wound 6, Police Say

By Alex Nitkin | August 31, 2016 6:11am
 Three shootings left six people wounded over the course of three hours, police said.
Three shootings left six people wounded over the course of three hours, police said.
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ENGLEWOOD — Three separate shootings left six people wounded, including a 14-year-old boy, in Englewood Tuesday night, police said.

• Most recently, at 10:10 p.m., four people were shot in the 6800 block of South Ashland Avenue, according to a police incident report.

The two men and two women were standing in front of a restaurant when someone emerged from a vacant lot and shot at them, police said.

A 59-year-old woman was shot in her left knee and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said.

A 22-year-old man was taken to Stroger Hospital after being shot in his right arm.

A 24-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where they were each treated for a gunshot wound in their leg, police said.

Police could not provide any of their conditions but said all four were "stable."

• At 8:05 p.m., a 14-year-old boy was walking on the sidewalk in the 600 block of West 61st Place with a friend pulled out a gun and showed it to him, according to Officer Michelle Tannehill, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

The gun went off and hit the boy in his lower right leg, Tannehill said.

The boy was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where he was listed in good condition, police said.

• At 7:42 p.m., an 18-year-old man was standing at the corner of 57th Street and Bishop Street when someone shot at him from a passing car, Tannehill said.

The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in good condition after being shot in his right leg, Tannehill said.

Police said the man is a documented gang member.

No one is in custody, police said.

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