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Englewood, Chatham Shootings Wound 4 People, Including 13-Year-Old Boy

By Kelly Bauer | October 8, 2016 10:35am
 Shootings in Englewood and Chatham left four people wounded, including a 68-year-old and 13-year-old.
Shootings in Englewood and Chatham left four people wounded, including a 68-year-old and 13-year-old.
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CHICAGO — Shootings in Englewood and Chatham left four people wounded, including a 68-year-old man and 13-year-old boy, police said.

• At 2:43 a.m. Saturday, a 26-year-old man was shot in Englewood, police said. The man was looking at an argument in a gangway in the 5700 block of South Sangamon Street when someone took out a gun and fired a shot.

The man was hit in his foot and was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition, police said.

• At 1:40 a.m., a 68-year-old man was shot in Englewood, police said. The man was standing in a vacant lot in the 400 block of West 75th Street when he heard shots and felt pain.

The man was hit in his hip and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 9:30 p.m. Friday, a 39-year-old man was shot in Chatham, police said. The man was sitting near an alley in the 400 block of East 79th Street when he heard shots and felt pain.

The man was hit in his lower back and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in good condition, police said.

• At 9:03 p.m., a 13-year-old boy was shot in Englewood, police said. The boy was walking through a vacant lot in the 6800 block of South Paulina Street with friends when three people fired shots at them.

The boy was hit in his buttocks and was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.

No one was in custody.

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