Girl, 10, Among 3 Wounded in Shooting on Chicago's Northwest Side

The child was taken to an area hospital in fair condition, according to police

A 10-year-old child was among three people wounded in a shooting in broad daylight Thursday on Chicago’s Northwest Side.

The shooting happened just after 12:40 p.m. in the 4100 block of West Potomac in the city's west Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Police say a 25-year-old man and a 30-year-old man were sitting on a porch with a 10-year-old girl when someone walked up and opened fire at them.

Police initially said the child was shot in the left arm and taken in fair condition to Norwegian American Hospital, but later clarified that she suffered a graze wound to the arm during the incident. 

The 30-year-old man was shot in the left leg, right arm and chest and taken in serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital. The 25-year-old suffered gunshot wounds to both ankles and was listed in fair condition at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. 

No one was in custody for the shooting as of Thursday afternoon, but police sources say both adults are documented gang members.

Area North Detectives are investigating.

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