1 person killed, 1-year-old and 2 teens among 11 others wounded in Chicago shootings Thursday

The 1-year-old was grazed in the head and two adults were critically wounded in a shooting Thursday afternoon in Chatham on the South Side.

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Chicago police work the scene where a 1-year-old boy was grazed in the head and two adults were critically wounded outside a Shell gas station in the 7500 block of South State Street, in Chatham, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021.

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One person was killed and a 1-year-old boy and two teens were among 11 others wounded by gunfire in Chicago Thursday.

  • The fatal shooting happened just before 2 p.m. in Pullman when an 18-year-old man was shot on the left side of his body by someone attempting to carjack him in the 900 block of East 98th Street, Chicago police said. The shooter fled in the teen’s silver Equinox, police said. The teen was pronounced dead at Trinity Hospital. He has not yet been identified.
  • Less than an hour earlier, a 1-year-old boy was grazed in the head and two adults were critically wounded outside a Shell gas station around 1:25 p.m. in the 7400 block of South State Street, police said. The 1-year-old was inside a car, police said. Paramedics took him to Comer Children’s Hospital in fair condition. Inside another car, two men were shot in the chest. The men, 18 and 28, went to the University of Chicago Medical Center and were listed in critical condition.
  • Two teens were wounded in a shooting in Humboldt Park on the Northwest Side. The boys, 15 and 17, were in a car in the 1200 block of North Kedzie Avenue when they were wounded by gunfire about 10:35 p.m., police said. The older boy was struck in the leg, and the younger one grazed in his leg, police said. Both were taken to Norwegian Hospital, where they were listed in good condition, police said.

At least six others were wounded in Chicago shootings Thursday.

Five people were shot, two fatally Wednesday in Chicago.

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