Three people, including a 12-year-old girl from Minnesota, were wounded Saturday afternoon in what police said was an exchange of gunfire south of Gary’s Gleason Park.
Three occupants of a car were at 35th Avenue near Polk Street in the city’s Glen Park section about 1:25 p.m Saturday when two black men, dressed in black, walked up to them, the police report states.
At least one of the men started shooting, striking the front seat passenger, and the girl, who was in the back seat, police said. The driver was not wounded and drove west to the Subway restaurant on Grant Street where they met with medics who took the two victims to the hospital. The front seat passenger was struck in the calf and the girl was hit in the back, police said.
The girl told police she was from Minnesota and unfamiliar with the area where the shooting occurred.
The third victim was shot in both hips and was in critical condition this weekend, police said.
Sgt. Michael Barnes is investigating the shooting.
