2 shot in Lawndale blocks away from earlier shooting

A 26-year-old woman and a 21-year-old woman were shot in the 1200 block of South Troy Street about two hours after a shooting wounded seven people in nearby Douglas Park.

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Two people shot in Lawndale

Police investigate the scene where two people were shot, in the 1200 block of South Troy Street, Aug. 4, 2019, in Lawndale.

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Two people were shot Sunday in Lawndale blocks away from where an earlier shooting wounded seven on the West Side. 

About 2:36 a.m., the pair, 26 and 21, were standing in the 1200 block of South Troy Street when someone opened fire, Chicago police said. 

The 26-year-old was hit in the buttocks, hip and taken to Stroger Hospital where her condition was stabilized, police said. The 21-year-old was hit in the hand and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. Here condition was stabilized. 

About two hours earlier, four men and three women were wounded in a separate shooting in Douglas Park a few blocks away.

No arrests have been reported in either shooting. 

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