A man was critically wounded in a drive-by shooting in a West Side alley Thursday afternoon, Chicago police said.
The man was walking in an alley in the 800 block of South Claremont Avenue about 12:45 p.m. when he was shot in the chest, according to Officer Michelle Tannehill, a police spokeswoman. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. He was one of at least three people wounded in shootings since early Thursday afternoon, according to police.
The man was in the alley when a dark-colored vehicle he didn’t recognize drove up and someone inside fired shots at him, police said.
After the shooting, police wrapped bands of yellow and red crime scene tape around a three-flat in the 2300 block of West Taylor Street, where an ambulance picked up the gunshot victim who apparently had made his way from the original shooting scene.
About eight shots were fired in the area, prompting some people who were walking on Western Avenue to run for cover, witnesses said.
Carmelo Vargas, who was cleaning carpets at a home across the street from the three-flat, had come downstairs for more cleaning solution when he noticed emergency responders tending to a man in his mid-20s who was bleeding from the mouth but was talking to paramedics.
The victim was picked up near the start of an alley, which police blocked off from Taylor to Polk streets.
The man was among six people wounded in city shootings on Thursday and early Friday.
Most recently, a 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg around 2:50 a.m. Friday in the Little Village neighborhood on the West Side.
The boy was on the sidewalk in the 3300 block of West 25th Street when two men got out of a gray minivan and shot him, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was in good condition.
Late Thursday on the Northwest Side, an 18-year-old man was shot in the shoulder around 9:45 p.m. during an attempted robbery in the Belmont Central neighborhood, police said.
The man was sitting in his car in the 3100 block of North Menard Avenue when he was approached by someone who demanded money. He was shot after struggling with the robber, according to police.
He was stabilized at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
Earlier, a 21-year-old man was shot in the foot around 6:05 p.m. on the West Side, police said.
The man was shot in the 800 block of North Central Park Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. He was taken to Norwegian American Hospital in good condition.
On the South Side, a 22-year-old man was shot about 4:55 p.m. in the 4200 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue in the Bronzeville neighborhood, according to police. The man was shot in the leg and taken to an area hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.
Another man was wounded in a West Side drive-by shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood later Thursday afternoon, according to police.
An 18-year-old man was in the 3100 block of West Madison Street about 2:20 p.m. when he was shot in the right arm, according to police.
The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized. The man told police he was standing outside when a dark-colored sedan pulled up and someone inside fired at the man, hitting him.
No one was in custody in the shootings.
