7 Wounded In Shooting Near Playground on Chicago's West Side

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Seven people were wounded in a shooting Sunday as they gathered in Douglas Park on the West Side.

At about 1:20 a.m. Sunday, a group was standing in the park in the 2900 block of West Roosevelt Road when someone opened fire from a black Camaro, Chicago police said.

A 21-year-old man was hit in the groin and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said. A woman, 25, was struck in the arm, leg and taken to the same hospital where her condition was stabilized

Another woman, 22, was also hit and taken to Mount Sinai, police said. Her condition was stabilized.

A 20-year-old man and a woman, 19, were taken to Stroger Hospital, police said. The man was hit in the right side of the body and the woman was struck in the leg. Their conditions were stabilized.

Two men, 23 and 21, took themselves to Mount Sinai with gunshot wounds, police said.

People were seen walking in the park just past the perimeter of the crime scene tape with their phone lights activated looking for things they left behind as they ran from the bullets.

USCplaya on August 4th, 2019 at 17:27 UTC »

Using the word "Playground" in the title but not ever mentioning it in the article is a bit clickbaity. It happened in a park, not on a jungle gym. Just be real with the facts, the truth is bad enough.

Falling2311 on August 4th, 2019 at 13:30 UTC »

The playground part is a bit of a mislead. It was 1:30 in the morning - the kids are inside, not at the park. The drive-by ppl weren't being THAT stupid.

AssaultEngineer on August 4th, 2019 at 11:25 UTC »

That's like number 3 in under 24 hours or so?