Shooting wounds two teenage boys on IIT campus in Bronzeville
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two teen boys were injured Thursday afternoon in a shooting on IIT's campus in Bronzeville.
One of them was left in critical condition.
Police said at 4 p.m., a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy were walking on 31st Street between State Street and Wabash Avenue when a gray Chevrolet Impala went by – and someone got out and shot them both.
The younger teen was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition with a graze wound to the arm.
The older teen was shot in the left side and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
Several orange markers were seen to mark shell casings on 31st Street beneath the Chicago Transit Authority Green Line tracks.
Next to a concrete pillar supporting the 'L' structure, another single orange marker was seen, as well as a gun clip.
The site of the shooting is next to the Illinois Institute of Technology.
A campus alert to IIT students indicated that shots had been fired near Keating Hall, and the suspects had fled campus in a vehicle. Students were advised to avoid the area after the shooting. Students will return to class Friday.
The gray Chevrolet has not been seen since it left the scene with the driver and gunman inside.
Meanwhile, while Chicago Police were investigating the shooting that wounded the teenagers, several shots were fired just two blocks away. CBS 2's Jermont Terry and his crew were around at the time too.
Despite police being on the scene investigating the shootings of the teenagers, whoever opened fire nearby was undeterred. We do not believe anyone was injured in the second gunfire incident, and police do not believe the two incidents were related.
No one was in custody late Thursday. Area Three detectives are investigating.
