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Shootings Wound 3 People Since Thursday, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | October 21, 2016 7:49am
 Shootings have left three people wounded since Thursday, police said.
Shootings have left three people wounded since Thursday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have left three people wounded since Thursday, police said.

• Most recently, at 10:05 p.m. Thursday, a 22-year-old man was shot in West Englewood, police said. The man was walking on the sidewalk in the 2000 block of West 70th Street when someone in a passing silver sedan fired shots at him.

The man's chest was grazed by a bullet and he was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 9:15 p.m., a 16-year-old boy was shot in Bronzeville, police said. The boy was walking on the sidewalk in the 4300 block of South Michigan Avenue when someone in a passing blue Chevy Impala fired shots at him.

The boy was hit in his left leg and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 4:55 p.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in Bronzeville, said Officer Laura Amezaga, a Chicago Police spokeswoman. The man was walking near a gas station in the 100 block of East 51st Street when a car drove up and someone inside fired shots at the man.

The man was hit his back and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," Amezaga said.

No one was in custody in these shootings.