1 Killed, 5 Wounded In Mass Shooting In Calumet Heights

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Six people were shot, one of them fatally, in a mass shooting Saturday night in the Calumet Heights neighborhood.

Police said the victims were in a parking lot in the 1600 block of East 87th Place around 9:10 p.m., when two gunmen fired shots from a nearby alley.

Paramedics took two victims to University of Chicago Medical Center, and four other victims took themselves to various hospitals.

A 39-year-old man who took himself to Jackson Park Hospital & Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the abdomen was later pronounced dead, according to police.

A 40-year-old man who was shot in the leg and lower backside was in critical condition at University of Chicago Medical Center.

A 39-year-old man who was shot in the ankle was in fair condition at University of Chicago Medical Center.

A 32-year-old man who was shot in the leg was in good condition at Advocate Trinity Hospital.

A 44-year-old woman who was shot in the leg was in fair condition at University of Chicago Medical Center.

A 25-year-old woman who was shot in the arm was in good condition at Advocate Trinity Hospital.

No one was in custody as of late Sunday afternoon.

Area Two detectives were investigating.

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