Lawndale attack at least 4th shooting with minimum 3 victims in about 6 hoursSun-Times Wireon August 8, 2021 at 9:40 am

Three people were wounded Sunday in at least the fourth shooting to involve a minimum of three victims within around six hours, according to police data.

Around 1:10 a.m., two men and a woman, 19, 35 and 32, were standing outside in the 1200 block of South Lawndale on the West Side when someone inside a dark-colored sedan opened fire, Chicago Police said.

The 19-year-old man was shot in his elbow, the 35-year-old in his lower back, and the woman in her right thigh, police said.

The three self-transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, where the men were treated, and Rush University Medical Center, where the woman was treated, police said.

Their conditions were stabilized, police said.

No one was in custody.

Shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday, four men were wounded in a shooting on the Near West Side that left three of them in critical condition, police said.

The group was standing near a park shortly in the 200 block of South Maplewood Street when someone fired shots from a vehicle, police said.

Three of the men, ages 23, 27 and 28, were struck multiple times and taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said. A 20-year-old man was struck in the ankle and taken to the same hospital in good condition, police said.

Just before 12:25 a.m., Sunday, three people were shot while at a gathering outside in the 11400 block of South Throop Street in Morgan Park on the Far South Side, police said.

About 30 minutes later, five people, including two security guards, were wounded in a shooting in Gresham on the South Side, officials said.

Around 12:50 a.m., a gunman opened fire following an altercation with two male security guards who denied him entry to a club in the 8300 block of South Halsted Street, Chicago Police said.

One of the guards, 40, was shot multiple times in his body and the other guard, 42, in the back twice and in his thigh, police said. Both were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where the 40-year-old guard was listed in critical condition and the 42-year-old in serious condition, police said.

Three others who were standing near the altercation were also shot, police said.

Two males, whose ages were unknown, were each shot once in the leg and self-transported to Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park for treatment, police said. Their conditions were unknown, police said.

A man, 21, was shot in his chin and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where his condition was stabilized, police said.

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