CHICAGO (CBS) — More than a dozen people were injured in two separate mass shootings Friday night on Chicago’s West Side and Near West Side.
The shootings in Little Italy and South Austin occurred less than two hours apart. A total of 14 people were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.
The first shooting occurred around 12:14 a.m. in the 1300 block of West Hastings Street.
According to the police, a shooting took place on the street between two people, who both fled.
Multiple ambulances, Chicago police and firefighters responded to the scene. Evidence markers were strewn across the street where the shooting occurred.
Five women and three men were injured. The youngest are two 18-year-old women and the oldest, a 74-year-old woman. Several of the people shot suffered abrasions or were shot in the leg.
The second mass shooting occurred in the 100 block of South Menard Avenue around 1:44 a.m.
Police say they received a report of a person shot. Arriving officers found multiple gunshot victims.
As in the first shooting, two other individuals exchanged fire and then left the scene.
The victims are between 15 and 23 years old.
Both victims are expected to recover.
Both incidents occur less than 24 hours after the fatal mass shooting in Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood in which two women and an 8-year-old boy were killed. Two other children were also seriously injured.
No one has been arrested.
The investigation into both shootings is still ongoing.
