Paramedics cart away a South Chicago shooting victim Sunday evening. | Brian Jackson/For Sun-Times Media

Crime

3 shot in South Chicago

Sun-Times Wire

By Sun-Times Wire

Three people were shot in South Chicago Sunday evening.

The 26-year-old man and two women, ages 34 and 39, were outside just before 8 p.m. in the 8300 block of South Brandon when a gunman walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.

The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The younger woman was shot in the back and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and the older was taken to Stroger Hospital with gunshot wounds to the leg and buttocks.

Police said their conditions stabilized.

The wounded man has documented gang ties, police said.

Crews treat patients at the South Chicago scene where three people were shot Sunday night. | Brian Jackson/For Sun-Times Media

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