Crime News Chicago

2 shot at gas station in Wentworth Gardens

A woman and man were shot, but the woman does not appear to be the intended target.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime scene tape. File photo — Two people were shot Feb. 25, 2021, at a gas station in the 200 block of West Pershing Road.

Two people were shot Thursday morning at a gas station in Wentworth Gardens on the South Side.

The man and woman were in the parking lot of a gas station in the 200 block of West Pershing Road, when two males got out of a tan colored Chevy sedan and opened fire, Chicago police said.

The 42-year-old man was struck in his right arm and the 63-year-old woman was struck in her left knee, police said. They were brought to the University of Chicago Medical Center for treatment.

The woman does not appear to be the intended target, police said.

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