A 19-year-old man was wounded in a presumably gang-related taking pictures in Rogers Park in a single day.
Chicago police stated the sufferer was outdoors within the 6500 block of North Ashland Avenue when a white automobile pulled up round 2:45 a.m. Witnesses reported listening to discuss gang affiliation moments earlier than somebody fired pictures from the car. The automobile reportedly sped north on Ashland after the taking pictures.
The sufferer, shot in each thighs, was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, the place he was listed in truthful situation.
Saturday’s sufferer is the fifteenth individual shot within the neighborhood this yr, precisely matching 2024’s year-to-date whole. However the determine stays nicely under 2023, when 28 folks had been shot by late August. This yr can be trending higher than 2022 and 2021, which noticed 19 and 17 victims, respectively.
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