7 people, including young boys, wounded between 2 shootings blocks apart on Chicago's South Side
Multiple young people were in the hospital early Sunday morning following two separate shootings blocks and hours apart in Chicago's Bronzeville community.
A mass shooting took place at 9:39 p.m. Saturday in the 4500 block of South Prairie Avenue. Police believe someone pulled a gun, opened fire, and struck four boys — all between the ages of 12 and 14.
One 13-year-old boy was shot in the left foot, another in the right leg. A 12-year-old boy was shot in the left leg. All were in good condition.
A 14-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to the back and reported in fair condition.
All were taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital.
Street Pastor Donovan Price was at the scene in the aftermath of the Prairie Avenue shooting.
"Who do you blame, the children or the parents? What are we investing in at 11 o'clock at night," Price said. "It's a bad situation overall, and we need to do better. Someone needs to pray with the children. Someone needs to pray with the adults. We have to do something this is the beginning of the summer."
At 12:06 a.m. Sunday, another shooting transpired in the 4600 block of South Federal Street about half a mile to the west. Officers found two young women and a man with gunshot wounds upon being called to the scene, but the victims were unable to provide details about what happened.
An 18-year-old woman was shot in the abdomen and was reported in critical condition. A 19-year-old woman was shot in the right hand, and a man of an unspecified age in the left shoulder, and both were reported in good condition.
The victims were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center.
More than a dozen evidence markers were seen on the ground at the scene of the Federal Street shooting.
"We're literally just were looking for a good place to have fun, like, they damn near making it impossible with all these guns," a woman who heard the gunfire said.
No one was in custody in either shooting Sunday morning. Wentworth Area detectives were investigating both.
