Three men shot in East Garfield Park

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Three men were wounded in a shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Wednesday night.

The three were all standing outside in the 2700 block of West Lexington about 9:45 p.m. when three other males shot them from a nearby alley, police said.

One man, 30, was shot in the arm and taken to Stroger Hospital. The two other men were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. One man, 45, was shot in the back while the other, 18, was shot in the leg.

All their conditions had stabilized, police said.

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