2 seriously hurt in Parkway Gardens shooting

Two men were seriously wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in Parkway Gardens on the South Side.

The men, both 27, were on the sidewalk in the 6300 block of South King Drive about 4:45 p.m. when a person approached and fired at them, Chicago police said.

Both men were struck in the leg and one was also hit in the chest, police said. They were both taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition, police said.

No one was in custody.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.