Dec. 23--Eight people, including a 15-year-old boy, were hurt in shootings Tuesday on the South and West sides, Chicago police said.
Five people, including the boy, were all shot in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
In the latest shooting, the 15-year-old was critically hurt around 9:45 p.m. in a drive-by, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a police spokesman.
The teen was walking on the street in the 5900 block of South Princeton Avenue when someone fired shots at him from a passing black SUV, Alfaro said.
The teen was shot in the neck and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
Late Tuesday evening, police officers blocked off a short stretch of Princeton north of 59th Place with yellow caution tape. Inside that area, red police tape cordoned off a small area of the sidewalk in front of a two-story red brick home on the east side of the street.
A piece of crumpled clothing lay in a pool of blood near the house. Several feet away, a pair of blue plastic gloves lay in the middle of the street.
Neighbors looked out of their homes decorated for Christmas to see what happened.
Around the same time as the shooting on Princeton, at 9:45 p.m., a 24-year-old man was wounded in a narcotics-related shooting, also in the Englewood neighborhood, Alfaro said.
The man told police he approached a male on the street in the 7300 block South Morgan Street. The male then reportedly pulled out a handgun and shot the 24-year-old in the right hand and right leg, Alfaro said.
The man managed to get himself to St. Bernard Hospital and Medical Center, where his condition stabilized, Alfaro said.
Earlier, about 1:20 p.m., two men were shot in the 5600 block of South May Street in the Englewood neighborhood, said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a police spokesman.
In that shooting, a 28-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, and a 22-year-old man who was also shot in the leg and also taken to Stroger, where his condition had stabilized, Sweeney said.
At about 1:15 p.m., a 37-year-old woman was hurt in a shooting nearly two miles away, Alfaro said.
The woman was driving a car west in the 700 block of West 67th Street in the Englewood neighborhood when she saw a male standing in a front yard, shooting in her direction, Alfaro said.
She was grazed in the head, and she was taken to St, Bernard Hospital. She was listed in good condition, Alfaro said.
It was unknown if the woman was the intended target, Alfaro said.
Earlier, a 28-year-old man and a 27-year-old man were shot in the 3800 block of South Princeton Avenue in the Wentworth Gardens neighborhood, police said.
The shooting happened at 12:14 p.m. and left the 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his back and the 27-year-old with a gunshot wound to his index finger, Alfaro said.
The 28-year-old was sitting in a parked vehicle when an unknown attacker fired shots in his direction, Alfaro said. The 27-year-old told police he was standing next of a vehicle when he heard shots and realized he was struck.
The 28-year-old was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition, and the 27-year-old managed to get himself to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, where he was also listed in good condition, Alfaro said.
Earlier, a 31-year-old man was shot in the 800 block of South California Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, said Officer Nicole Trainor, a police spokeswoman.
The shooting happened at 10:50 a.m. when a gold four-door vehicle drove up to him and someone in began shooting at him, Trainor said.
The man, who is a gang member, was hit in the leg and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was in good condition, police said.
No one was in custody in the shootings.
