A girl was killed and 5 different folks had been damage when gunfire erupted early Sunday at a big outside gathering on Chicago’s West Aspect – one among three separate shootings to happen in the identical neighborhood in fewer than three hours, in line with police.
The capturing occurred simply earlier than 2:48 a.m. native time on North La Cross Avenue within the South Austin neighborhood on the West Aspect of Chicago, in line with an incident report from the Chicago Police Division.
“Officers responded to a name of a giant gathering and located a number of folks shot,” police stated within the report.
No less than three separate shootings, together with one which left a lady useless and 5 folks wounded, occurred in lower than three hours, Aug. 10, 2025, in the identical South Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Aspect, police stated. (Getty Photographs)
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When officers arrived on the scene they discovered six folks affected by gunshot wounds, officers stated.
A 22-year-old lady was found with a gunshot wound to the again and was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in Chicago, the place she was pronounced useless, police stated. The sufferer’s title was not instantly launched.
5 different folks suffered gunshot wounds within the incident, together with two 18-year-old boys and a 17-year-boy. One of many 18-year-old victims was shot within the chest and left arm. Police stated he was in vital situation at Stroger Hospital in Chicago, whereas the 17-year-old sustained a gunshot wound to the left thigh and was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in vital situation. The opposite 18-year-old was handled on the scene for a graze wound to his left hand, police stated.
A 29-year-old man shot in the fitting leg was additionally in vital situation at Loretto Hospital in Chicago, in line with police.
The capturing additionally left a 29-year-old lady with a gunshot wound to her proper elbow, in line with police, who stated she was taken to Rush Hospital in good situation.
No arrests had been introduced as of Sunday afternoon. A motive for the capturing stays underneath investigation, in line with police.
No less than two different shootings occurred in the identical Chicago neighborhood on Sunday morning. Police haven’t stated if the shootings are associated.
About three blocks from the North La Cross Avenue mass capturing, an 18-year-old boy was shot within the again on West Maypole Avenue at about 4:37 a.m. and later died at Stroger Hospital, police stated. A second 18-year-old boy was additionally shot within the arm through the capturing, in line with police.
The 2 youngsters had been shot after moving into an argument with a gunman who fired at them from a car, police stated. No arrests have been introduced.
About an hour earlier than the mass capturing on North La Cross Avenue, police responded to a reviews of pictures fired a couple of block away on North Lamon Avenue and located a 20-year-old lady affected by a number of gunshot wounds to her arm, in line with police. The lady was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, the place she was in good situation, police stated. No arrests have been introduced.
The Chicago shootings occurred lower than a day after one particular person was killed and 5 others wounded, together with a 5-year-old lady, in a mass shooting at an out of doors gathering in Baltimore, Md. A motive for that capturing stays underneath investigation, in line with police.
