Chicago police said seven teens were wounded overnight in a shooting on the South Side in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood at a large gsthering.
Shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, officers on patrol in the 1200 block of West 78th Street were trying to disperse a large crowd when a vehicle drove by and someone opend fire. Seven teens were shot before the vehicle fled the scene, police said.
A 17-year-old boy suffered a wound to the leg, and was taken in fair condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. An 18-year-old man also was taken with a wound to the leg in fair condition to the same hospital. A 19-year-old man suffered wounds to leg and arm, and was taken in fair condition to UChicago Medicine. A 17-year-old boy was wounded to the arm and was taken in fair condition to the same hospital. An 18-year-old man suffered wounds to the the leg and chest, and was listed in serious condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital.A 17-year-old boy was struck to the the leg and back was taken in fair condition to Holy Cross Hospital. Another 18-year-old man suffered wounds to the leg and buttocks was listed in fair condition at UChicago Medicine, police said.
No one was in custody for the drive-by shooting, and detectives were investigating.
