3 teens shot near Chatham Academy High School

[TexasTowelie]

An 18-year-old man and two teenage boys — at least one of whom was a CPS student — were shot Monday afternoon near Chatham Academy High School in Burnside on the South Side.

The shooting happened shortly after 4 p.m. as the three teens walked east on 91st Street near Langley Avenue, according to Chicago police.

As they walked, someone got out of a light-colored vehicle and fired at them multiple times, striking all three, police said.

A 16-year-old boy was taken in critical condition to Comer Children’s Hospital with a gunshot wound to his left shoulder, police said. A 17-year-old boy was shot in his left leg, while the 18-year-old was shot in the right arm and left armpit. Both were taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where the 17-year-old was listed in critical condition and the 18-year-old was in serious condition.

Read more: https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/three-shot-chatham-academy-burnside-elementary-school-scholastic-academy-tuley-park/

[Midnight Writer]

1. Thanks for posting this. I live near Chicago and am horrified reading the Chicago newspapers.

This is not the worst of it. Terrible, senseless, often random violence day after day. 50 shot one weekend, 70 the next, no end in sight. Just walking down the street can earn you a drive by, for no reason at all. Shooting up parks, playgrounds, school yards. Hell, just driving down the street spraying gunfire at houses. Why this is not national headline news every day baffles me.

[TexasTowelie]

2. You're welcome.

I think that all of us are aware of the violence occurring in Chicago. What made this article stand out were that teens were involved and that it happened near a school during broad daylight. It's sad that events like this are so frequent that it becomes "routine" rather than "news".