Five people were hospitalized after a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood this evening, officials said. (Posted Dec. 3rd, 2012)
Five people were hospitalized after a shooting near a currency exchange in the South Shore neighborhood this evening, officials said.
The shooting happened on the 7500 block of South Exchange Avenue at about 5:45 p.m., according to Chicago Fire Department and police officials.
Neighbors said that the shooting happened at or near a currency exchange at that location.
Of the shooting victims, four people were in serious-to-critical condition, according to Fire Department officials. Two of them were taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County while the two others were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, officials said.
A fifth victim was taken in good-to-fair condition to South Shore Hospital, officials said.
Police said that of the victims, four appeared to have sustained non-life threatening injuries while the fifth was critically wounded.
Fire department officials had called for an Emergency Medical Services Plan 1 which summoned six ambulances to the scene, officials said.
Sources tell WGN news that the shooting may have been retaliation for a gang fight which happened earlier Monday afternoon.
A neighbor said he noticed the police racing to the area and was told that several people were shot near the currency exchange. The man said the shooting happened at about 5:30 p.m.
"About four or five people got shot across the street...Oh man, it's hellish around here," said the man, who did not give his name. "It's pretty bad."
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