Crime & Safety
5 Injured In Shooting Near United Center
The five people who were injured in the early Thursday shooting ranged in ages from 15 to 18 years old.
CHICAGO, IL — Five teens — ranging in ages from 15 to 18 years old — were taken to the hospital following a drive-by shooting near the United Center Thursday morning.
ABC 7 Chicago is reporting police responded to the shooting at about 12:15 a.m. and found all five victims — two men and three boys — on the sidewalk in the 2000 block of West Monroe Street. No one is in custody, authorities said.
Police say a 15-year-old boy was taken to Lurie Children's Hospital with a gunshot wound to his left leg and two 16-year-old boys were taken to Stroger with gunshot wounds, according to Fox 32 News. An 18-year-old man, who sustained a graze wound to the left arm, and an 18-year-old man, who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, were also taken to Stroger.
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All of the shooting victims were listed in good condition.
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