At least 8 wounded — including 2 teens — in shootings in Chicago Thursday

One of the attacks wounded two people in Park Manor on the South Side.

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Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times

At least eight people were wounded in citywide shootings Thursday.

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At least eight people, including a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old, were wounded in shootings in Chicago Thursday.

In one of the attacks, two people were shot in Park Manor on the South Side around 7 p.m., police said.

A 25-year-old man was in the 7000 block of South State Street, when someone approached and shot him in the left leg, Chicago police said. A 38-year-old woman inside a nail salon nearby was struck in the right calf, police said.

The man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition, police said. The woman was taken to the hospital, also in good condition.

The 14-year-old boy was shot in his home in West Pullman on the Far South Side. The teen was in the living room in the first block of East 119th Street when someone outside fired shots through the front window, police said.

A bullet struck him in the abdomen and he was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he was stabilized, police said.

A 17-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting in South Shore. The teen was walking in the 6900 block of South Jeffery Boulevard when he was shot in the calf about 5 a.m., police said.

He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition, police said.

Four others were wounded in shootings in Chicago Thursday.

Three people were killed and one wounded in citywide shootings Wednesday.


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