At least 8 wounded in separate shootings

July 10, 2010

At least eight people, including a 2-year-old boy, were injured in shootings in the city Friday evening and early this morning, authorities said.

A 14-year-old boy was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital from the 3200 block of South Lituanica Avenue in Bridgeport, alert but in critical condition after being shot in the face, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.

The shooting took place just after 8 p.m. and the victim was on the street when the shooting took place, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Anne Dwyer.

About 8:15 p.m., a 2-year-old boy was shot near 69th Street and Wabash Avenue in the Park Manor neighborhood, authorities said.

The toddler apparently was playing in a park near that location when one of the fingers on the child's left hand was injured in a shooting, Langford said.

The child was taken to Comer Children's Hospital for treatment.

A Grand Crossing district lieutenant said there have been gang disturbances in that area recently. Shell casings were found, he said.

About 9:40 p.m. a 42-year-old man was shot in the chest at South Paulina Street and West 52nd Street, according to Wentworth Area police. The man was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released, police said.

At 10:37 p.m. in the Longwood Manor neighborhood, a 17-year-old was shot in his arm and chest during a drive-by in the 1300 block of West 98th Place, according to a release from Police News Affairs.

The teen was walking westbound when a tan vehicle drove up and someone from inside fired shots at him before fleeing eastbound, the release said.

He was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers in Evergreen Park where he was listed in "stable" condition, the release said.

About 11 p.m. in the Chatham neighborhood, a 22-year-old man was sitting on a porch in the 8100 block of South Evans Avenue when a male suspect approached and fired shots, hitting him once in the right ankle, according to Gresham District police. The man was taken in good condition to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center.

The victim told police he had been involved in a fight with the suspect at a gas station in the 800 block of East 79th Street, earlier in the day, police said.

About 12:30 a.m., two women, ages 33 and 23 years old, were shot while at a party in Marquette Park at West 73rd Street and South Rockwell Street, according to a release from police News Affairs. The 23-year-old suffered a graze wound to her shoulder and the 33-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to her leg. They were both taken in good condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, the release said.

At 2:29 a.m., a 29-year-old man was shot in an alley in the 3400 block of West LeMoyne Street in Humboldt Park, according to the release. Someone in a gray vehicle with tinted windows shot the man in the abdomen before fleeing west, the release said.

Police are investigating the shootings but no one was in custody as of early this morning.