Six people wounded in shootings Wednesday

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Six people were wounded in shootings on the South and West sides on Wednesday.

The most recent shooting happened at 10:25 p.m. in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

Two men were sitting in a vehicle in the 1900 block of South St. Louis when they were shot, police said. The Chicago Police Department’s 10th District station is located less than a half mile northeast from where the men were shot.

A 25-year-old was shot in the lower back and upper thigh, and a 24-year-old was shot in the right buttocks, police said. Both were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where their conditions had stabilized.

An hour earlier, a man was shot in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.

The man, described only as an adult, was shot about 9:15 p.m. while in the 8700 block of South Eggleston, police said. He suffered a gunshot wound to the hand and a graze wound to the leg and was taken to Saint Bernard Hospital in good condition, police said.

Earlier in the evening, a man was shot in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The 21-year-old was shot in the chest at 7:05 p.m. near 51st and Rockwell, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was not known early Thursday.

Early Wednesday, two people were shot in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

About 1:50 a.m., a 25-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were involved in an argument with several males in the 3600 block of West Harrison, when the males pulled out handguns and opened fire, police said.

Both the man and the woman suffered multiple gunshot wounds and were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. The man was listed in critical condition, while the woman’s condition had stabilized.

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