Global Courant 2023-05-17 19:04:43
Two minors were injured in a shooting in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood on Tuesday evening.
The shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Pulaski Road near the Legler Regional Library
“I just saw kids crying — and it was crazy. It seemed like they came out of the library and came in at the same time — like right after school,” witness John Christian told CBS 2.
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A Chicago Police decal on a Chicago Police vehicle is on display at the 112th Annual Chicago Auto Show at Chicago’s McCormick Place. (Photo by Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
A victim, aged 12, was carried to the library and received life-saving emergency care by a security guard near the scene of the shooting, according to local newspaper WGN9.
The preteen was taken to Stroger Hospital and is in stable condition.
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The other victim, 16, was shot twice in the leg. He was transported to nearby Mount Sinai Hospital and is expected to recover.
Authorities responding to the shooting found two suspects nearby – an adult man and a woman, believed to be as young as 10 years old.
Chicago police officers in the West Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Police believe the young girl was present at the crime and may have handed the gun to the adult suspect before he started firing, according to CBS 2.
Chicago police said the investigation is ongoing.
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New Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson was sworn in Monday and is expected by many to be one of the most progressive leaders in the city’s history.
Under former mayor Lori Lightfoot’s tenure, Chicago recorded 2,784 homicides and a total of 14,681 shooting incidents, according to police data from 2019 to this month.
The murder and shooting rate during Lightfoot’s administration was 9% higher than the 2,546 murders and 13,421 shootings that occurred during the last term of her predecessor, Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Fox News Digital’s Bailee Hill contributed to this report.
Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and email him at [email protected]
