5 people, including 2 teens, wounded in drive-by in Albany Park

About 10:25 p.m. the group was standing on the sidewalk in the 3500 block of West Lawrence Avenue, when someone inside a passing white-colored Nissan fired shots in their direction.

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Five people, including two teens, were wounded in a drive-by Sept. 15, 2020, in the 3500 block of West Lawrence Avenue.

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Five people, including two teens, were wounded in a drive-by Tuesday in Albany Park on the Northwest Side.

About 10:25 p.m., the group was standing on the sidewalk in the 3500 block of West Lawrence Avenue when someone inside a passing white-colored Nissan fired shots in their direction, Chicago police said.

A 15-year-old boy was struck in the abdomen and left leg, and a 17-year-old boy was struck in the abdomen, police said. They were taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital in critical condition.

A 21-year-old woman was struck in the right hand and taken to the same hospital in serious condition, police said. A 27-year-old man who was grazed by a bullet on his chest was in fair condition at the hospital.

A 37-year-old man was struck in the right leg and taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston in fair condition.

No arrests have been made as Area Five detectives investigate.

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

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