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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
National
Deanese Williams-Harris

BRIEF: 2 wounded in separate West Side shootings

Nov. 11--Two men were wounded late Monday afternoon in separate shootings on the West Side in the city's Austin neighborhood.

The first shooting happened about 5:13 p.m. on the 6000 block of West Wabansia Avenue, according to Chicago Police News Affairs.

Preliminary reports said an 18-year-old man was walking and heard shots, and soon after felt pain. The man was taken to Loyola University Hospital with a wound to his buttocks, said police.

The man was being uncooperative with police about the shooting, according to reports.

Shortly before 6 p.m., a 21-year-old man walked into West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park and said he had been shot on the 5900 block of West Madison Street, said police.

The man said he was standing in front of a restaurant and heard gunfire, then ran from the scene. He suffered a wound to his right arm, said police.

As of 7 p.m., police could not locate a crime scene at the location where he said he was shot.

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