Dec. 15--Shootings across the city Friday afternoon and night wounded at least ten people, according to Chicago police, including four teens in three separate South and West side attacks.
Someone shot two boys, both 16, in the 1700 block of East 71st Place Friday afternoon. Both were taken to Comer Children's Hospital in stable condition with gunshot wounds to their legs.
Two other teens were wounded Friday afternoon- a 15-year-old near North Avenue and Lorel Avenue in the Austin neighborhood and a 16-year-old near Western Avenue and Taylor Street in the Lawndale neighborhood.
A male in a car was shot in the 8300 block of South Maryland Avenue about 6:30 p.m., police said. Additional details about that shooting weren't available.
One man was shot in the 5400 block of South Komensky Avenue in the Archer Heights neighborhood about 8:15 p.m., police said. He was shot after chasing people who robbed his brother's store, police said.
About 9 p.m. a 30-year-old man was shot near Damen and Fullerton avenues, police said. He walked into Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the lower back. He was getting in a car when someone fired from a nearby alley, police said.
A man in his 20s was shot in the left buttocks about 9:45 p.m. in the 1300 block of North California Avenue, police said. He was taken to Norwegian American Hospital.
Another person was wounded about 10 p.m. near 15th Street and Sawyer Avenue, though police said he "was not being particularly cooperative." The 26-year-old was dropped off by friends at Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to the buttocks, police said.
A male was shot about 11 p.m. near the intersection of Pulaski Road and 26th Street, police said. Additional details about that shooting weren't available from police.
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