A 14-year-old girl was critically wounded in a drive-by shooting Thursday evening in Lawndale on the West Side.
The girl was standing in a vacant lot in the 3000 block of West Lexington Street when a vehicle drove by and someone inside opened fire about 5:20 p.m., Chicago police said.
She suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.
Area Four detectives are investigating.