At least 6 wounded in afternoon violence in ChicagoAt least six people, including a 16-year-old boy, were injured this afternoon in shootings and stabbings across the city, Chicago police said.
None of the reported attacks resulted in fatal or life-threatening injuries, police said, citing early reports.
The 16-year-old was wounded in the 3000 block of West 59th Street in the Gage Park neighborhood at about 5:18 p.m., police said. The teen suffered a gunshot wound to the calf and a graze wound to the knee. Police didn't immediately know if the teen was hospitalized, but said paramedics at the scene listed him in good condition.
A short distance away at about the same time, a 32-year-old man was wounded in the shoulder in the 5900 block of South Damen Avenue, police said. Paramedics at the scene listed the man in good condition. It was unclear if the two shootings, slightly more than a mile apart, were connected.
Just after 5:30 p.m., a 35-year-old man walked into the University of Chicago Medical Center, claiming that he was stabbed near 79th Street and Dorchester Avenue, police said. The man was listed in good condition. The circumstances surrounding the stabbing weren’t clear.
Earlier in the day, a male and female were each wounded near 101st Street and Wentworth Avenue at about 4:38 p.m., police said. While authorities didn’t have ages for the victims, police said the female received a gunshot to the buttocks, while the male was shot in the leg.
The two were taken to local hospitals, according to Fire Department spokesman Will Knight, but no conditions or other details were available.
At about the same time, a 23-year-old man was also shot and wounded in the buttocks in the 2600 block of East 83rd Street in the city’s South Chicago neighborhood. Paramedics at the scene listed him in good condition.
Police hadn’t made any arrests in any of the incidents and offered no motives.