2 seriously wounded in Cragin shooting

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Authorities investigate after a double shooting on Thanksgiving night in the Cragin neighborhood. | Network Video Productions

A 17-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were seriously wounded in a Cragin neighborhood shooting Thursday night on the Northwest Side.

At 8:37 p.m., they were inside a vehicle in the 4900 block of West Wrightwood when two other people walked up and fired at them, hitting the boy in the head and the man in the shoulder, according to Chicago Police.

They drove to the 3000 block of North Knox to call for help, and were taken in serious condition to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, police said.

Track all of the city’s shootings over Thanksgiving weekend here.

A car’s window is shattered after a Northwest Side shooting on Thanksgiving night. | Network Video Productions

A car’s window is shattered after a Northwest Side shooting on Thanksgiving night. | Network Video Productions

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