6 People, Mostly Teenage Girls, Shot Outside West Side Party

Girls, 12, 13, 14 and 15 among 6 shot in South Austin mass shooting; 8-year-old boy shot in separate attack overnight in Chicago

By Edward Era Barbacena

Chicago- Six people, mostly teenagers, were injured in a mass shooting at a West Side party Saturday night.

Five of the victims were girls and women between 12 and 19. One man in his 20s was also shot.

All were alive Saturday morning and expected to recover.

Police say the victims were standing outside of a party near Ohio and Lavergne just before midnight when a dark colored SUV drove up and someone inside shot at the people on the sidewalk.

Six people who had been attending a party were shot around 11:40 p.m. in the 5000 block of West Ohio Street in South Austin, according to a police media notification. They had been standing on a sidewalk in a group when “occupants in a dark-colored SUV fired shots” into the crowd, police said.

Among the injured:

- A 15-year-old girl suffered a graze wound to the head and a gunshot wound in her buttocks and she was taken to Mount Sinai in fair condition.

- A woman, 19, suffered a gunshot wound to the back and she was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.

- A 13-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks and she was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.

- A 14-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks and she was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.

- A 12-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the hand, and she was taken by family members to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where she was listed in fair condition.

- A man, 25, arrived at Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to the buttocks. He was treated and released, police said.

Less than two hours later, an 8-year-old boy was shot in an unrelated shooting that left two people wounded, according to Chicago police

The child was in a moving vehicle with a 28-year-old man when someone in a black SUV opened fire, shooting at their vehicle. The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with a gunshot wound to the back and he was treated and released, police said.

The 8-year-old also was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center for treatment of a gunshot wound to his left leg, according to police. He had been listed in good condition.

No arrests had been made in either case. Check back for updates.

Source:. CBC, Chicago Tribune