Overview
- On July 14, a 17-year-old was shot on the Stone Scholastic Academy soccer field in West Ridge during an apparent robbery and the shooter fled on an electric scooter
- Hours later a 37-year-old wheelchair user was shot in the leg in the 900 block of North Dearborn on the Near North Side and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition
- Shortly after midnight on July 15, a 14-year-old boy was shot while walking on South King Drive in Greater Grand Crossing and was listed in good condition at the hospital
- All three incidents are under separate investigations by CPD Area Three detectives and no suspects have been apprehended
- The recent cases underscore a wider summer surge in Chicago shootings and have prompted police appeals for witnesses as community concerns grow