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Chicago police work the scene of a multiple shooting at 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue on Oct. 22, 2021.
Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune
Chicago police work the scene of a multiple shooting at 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue on Oct. 22, 2021.
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Five people were shot and seriously injured Friday night in the Chatham neighborhood on the city’s South Side.

It happened about 8:50 p.m. in the 7900 block of Cottage Grove Avenue, said Chicago fire Chief Walter Schroeder.

Chicago police work the scene of a multiple shooting at 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue on Oct. 22, 2021.
Chicago police work the scene of a multiple shooting at 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue on Oct. 22, 2021.

All five adults were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition, Schroeder said.

Schroeder did not immediately have the adults’ sex, age or other information.