A 4-year-old boy was among four people wounded in two separate shootings in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood, according to police.
Authorities said that two people were critically wounded in a shooting near the intersection of East 67th Street and South Eberhart Avenue Thursday afternoon.
Officials said a 29-year-old man was in front of a business just after 2 p.m. when he was struck multiple times by gunfire.
The man was transported to University of Chicago Hospital in critical condition.
Officials later confirmed that a second person, a 51-year-old man, sustained at least one gunshot wound and self-transported to University of Chicago Hospital, where he is in critical condition.
Several blocks to the northeast, a 4-year-old boy and 22-year-old man were wounded in a shooting that occurred approximately 10 minutes earlier, according to police.
Officials said the two were inside a vehicle in the 1500 block of East 65th Street when an unknown vehicle approached and a gunman inside opened fire.
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The toddler was struck multiple times and rushed to Comer Children's Hospital in serious condition.
The 22-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to University of Chicago Hospital in serious condition.
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There is no one in custody, and the circumstances surrounding both shootings are currently unknown and under investigation by area detectives.
