3 women shot while sitting in car in South Shore

Someone in a silver car shot at the women just before 9 p.m. Thursday in the 7600 block of South Merrill Avenue, police said.

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Chicago police work the scene where 3 women were shot, 1 of them critically in the 7600 block of South Merrill Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood, Thursday, March 24, 2022.

Chicago police work the scene where 3 women were shot, 1 of them critically in the 7600 block of South Merrill Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood, Thursday, March 24, 2022.

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Three women were shot while sitting in a car in South Shore Thursday night.

Someone in a silver sedan shot the women just before 9 p.m. in the 7600 block of South Merrill Avenue, Chicago police said.

One woman, 34, was struck in the shoulder and back and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

Another woman, 44, was shot in the face and taken to the hospital where her condition was stabilized, police said.

The third woman, 32, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition, police said.

At the scene, Pastor Donovan Price said he spoke to a boy, 8, whose mother was one of the women shot. The boy was inside playing video games when the attack occurred, according to Price, and came outside to see his mother wounded.

Price said the boy asked him why someone would shoot his mom when she “didn’t do nothing wrong.”

There was no one in custody.

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