Man hurt, woman struck by stray bullet in South Side shooting

A man was injured and a woman struck by a stray bullet in a shooting Wednesday afternoon in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side.

The 32-year-old man was being chased and fired at by someone in the 6400 block of South Vernon when he was hit in the buttocks a few minutes after 1 p.m., according to Chicago Police.

During the chase, a 61-year-old woman was also struck in the buttocks by a stray bullet, police said.

Both were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where their conditions stabilized, police said.