4 shot in North Austin

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A car’s windows are shattered at a West Side gas station after a shooting that wounded four people late Friday. | Network Video Productions

Four people were wounded in a North Austin shooting late Friday on the West Side.

About 10:15 p.m., they were sitting in a car parked in the 5000 block of West Wabansia when someone in another car opened fire, according to Chicago Police.

Two 21-year-old men were taken to Stroger Hospital, one shot in the hip and the other shot in the hand and grazed across the head, along with a 17-year-old girl shot in the knee and wrist, police said. The fourth victim, an 18-year-old woman, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with a hip wound.

Their conditions were stabilized, according to police, who one of the men is a documented gang member. No one was in custody for the shooting.

A car’s windows are shattered at a West Side gas station after a shooting that wounded four people late Friday. | Network Video Productions

A car’s windows are shattered at a West Side gas station after a shooting that wounded four people late Friday. | Network Video Productions

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