Chicago violence: 16-year-old boy among 2 wounded in Back of the Yards shooting
A 16-year-old boy was among two people shot and wounded Tuesday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
About 1:45 p.m., the boy and an 18-year-old man were in the 5300 block of South Hamilton Avenue when they were hit by gunfire, Chicago police said.
The teen walked into Holy Cross Hospital with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, police said. He was transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition.
The man suffered a gunshot wound to his leg and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition, police said.
No one was in custody.