Toddler Critically Wounded in Shooting

A toddler was critically wounded in a shooting on Chicago's South Side Sunday evening, according to police.

The shooting occurred around 6 p.m. in the 6100 block of S Kimbark Ave in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood, police said.

A 3-year-old boy was sitting in a car when someone in another vehicle fired shots, striking him, according to police.

The child's father identified the boy as Devon Quinn, telling NBC 5 that he was in the car with his son at the time, about to pick up the boy's mother from work. The father said Devon was hit in the shoulder, at which point he drove to the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital.

According to police, the boy was listed in critical condition.

No one is in custody for the shooting, authorities said, and detectives continue to investigate.

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