At least nine people were shot on the South and West sides of the city on Wednesday, leaving two in critical condition.
The latest attack happened about 7:30 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, where someone in a white car opened fire on three men on a sidewalk in the 800 block of North Waller before taking off east on Huron, according to Chicago Police.
One man, 23, was shot in the abdomen and taken in critical condition to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. Another 23-year-old was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital with gunshot wounds to the wrist and hand, and the third victim, 21, was taken to Stroger Hospital with wounds to the arm and back. His condition stabilized, police said.
An hour earlier, a 16-year-old boy was shot a mile away in the same neighborhood. Someone walked out of an alley in the 1100 block of North Lawler and shot him in the right thigh, police said. Officers found the boy on the floor of an apartment and used a belt as a tourniquet, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition.
About 2:45 p.m., a 22-year-old man was sitting in front of a home in the 5600 block of South Damen in the South Side Englewood neighborhood when someone walked up and shot him twice in the leg and four times in the buttocks, police said. He was taken to Stroger in good condition.
More Englewood gunfire left another 22-year-old man in critical condition at Stroger after being shot in the abdomen in the 7400 block of South Stewart at 1:24 p.m., but the victim was uncooperative with investigators, police said.
About 12:45 p.m., two people were wounded in a Back of the Yards shooting. The 19-year-old woman and 20-year-old man were outside talking near 51st Street and Wolcott when they heard gunshots, police said. She was struck in the leg and taken to Stroger in good condition; his condition was stabilized at Mount Sinai with a gunshot wound to the buttocks.
Wednesday’s first shooting happened just before 9 a.m. in West Garfield Park. A 33-year-old man was in the 4300 block of West Jackson when a black car drove by and someone inside fired shots, hitting him in the forearm, police said. His condition was stabilized at Stroger.
Thirteen people were shot in the city on Tuesday, and 23 on Monday. Three of those victims died.