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Shootings Wound 3 People Since Thursday, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | April 21, 2017 7:29am
 Shootings have wounded three people since Thursday, police said.
Shootings have wounded three people since Thursday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have wounded three people since Thursday, police said.

• At 7:23 p.m. Thursday, a 29-year-old man and an 18-year-old man were shot in Austin, police said. The two were in the 1600 block of North Mayfield Avenue when someone in a brown SUV fired shots at them.

The 29-year-old man was hit in his foot and taken to West Suburban Hospital in good condition, police said. The 18-year-old was hit in his hand and he took himself to Rush Hospital in good condition.

• At 1:35 p.m., a 22-year-old man was shot in Washington Park, police said. The man was in the 5600 block of South Wabash Avenue when he was shot in his lower leg.

The man took himself to Provident Hospital in good condition, police said.

The man was a documented gang member, a police source said.

No further information was immediately available.

No one was in custody in these shootings.