2 shot during funeral service in Gage Park

A woman, 72, and a man, 32, were wounded when someone opened fire about 4:40 p.m. near Emanuel’s Chapel Funeral Home.

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Two people were wounded in a shooting Saturday during a funeral service in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

A 72-year-old woman and a man, 32, were shot when someone opened fire about 4:40 p.m. near Emanuel’s Chapel Funeral Home, 5112 S. Western Ave., Chicago police and the funeral home said.

The woman suffered gunshot wounds to the arm, side and leg, police said. She was taken in good condition to University of Chicago Medical Center.

The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition with a gunshot wound to the arm, police said.

Two suspects were taken into custody and a car allegedly used in the shooting was recovered about eight miles north in the Garfield Park neighborhood, police said.

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