Twelve people have been wounded in shootings Wednesday on the South and West sides.
The most recent attack happened about 5:15 p.m. in the South Austin neighborhood.
A 19-year-old man was standing outside in the 200 block of South Lavergne when a light-colored van pulled up and several people got out with weapons, shooting the man in the foot as he tried to run away. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.
Half an hour earlier, a 27-year-old man was shot in the right knee while getting out of a vehicle in the 13100 block of South Champlain in the Riverdale neighborhood. He took himself to MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, where he was listed in good condition, police said.
At 4 p.m., two men, ages 19 and 22, were in the Austin neighborhood’s 4900 block of West Walton when they each were shot in the buttocks. They showed up at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where their conditions were stabilized, but they weren’t cooperating with investigators, police said.
About 3:30 p.m., an 18-year-old man was on the Near West Side. He heard shots and felt pain in the arm in the 300 block of South Western Avenue, and then took himself to Mount Sinai, where he was listed in good condition, police said.
Just after 3 p.m., two men were shot in West Englewood. The 20- and 25-year-old were on the front porch of a home in the 5600 block of South Wolcott when someone opened fire from a dark-colored car, police said. The older man was shot in the face and left leg, and the younger in the right leg. Both were taken to Stroger Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized, police said.
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About noon in Park Manor, a 24-year-old man walking in the 400 block of East 71st Street was shot by someone who jumped out of a gold vehicle and fired three shots, according to Chicago Police. The victim was shot in the left leg and taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.
Two and a half hours earlier, another man was shot in the leg in the West Pullman neighborhood. The 23-year-old was shot in the left leg in the 500 block of West 119th Street at 9:18 a.m., police said. His condition was stabilized at the scene.
About 7:15 a.m., a man was discovered shot in his vehicle in the Washington Heights neighborhood. A neighbor found the 45-year-old with a gunshot wound to the neck in the 9500 block of South Green Street, police said. He was taken in serious condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The victim told investigators he had been shot the night before by an armed suspect during a robbery sometime the night before.
About the same time, a 24-year-old man was shot in the leg in the North Lawndale neighborhood in the 1300 block of South Christiana, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition stabilized.
Wednesday’s first shooting happened at 3:05 a.m. in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. A 33-year-old man was standing on the corner in the 6300 block of South Richmond when someone opened fire from a passing vehicle, police said. He was shot in the arm and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition stabilized.
