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Auburn Gresham Shooting Wounds Woman, 64, By Accident, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | September 3, 2016 4:11pm

CHICAGO — A shooting in Auburn Gresham left a 64-year-old woman wounded on Saturday morning, police said.

At 6:04 a.m., the woman was on the sidewalk in the 8100 block of South Paulina Street when she saw two men who were 17-20 years old, said Officer Kevin Quaid, a Chicago Police spokesman. One of the men took out a gun and shot at the other man but he hit the woman.

The woman was hit in her calf and was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where she was in good condition, Quaid said.

The woman was not the intended target, police said.

No one was in custody.

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