As many as 14 people shot in drive-by in Chicago, police say - NBC News

Up to 14 radical were changeable successful a drive-by shooting successful Chicago connected Monday night, constabulary said, including a 3-year-old and 2 different children.

No deaths had been reported. The information of those wounded ranged from captious to not life-threatening, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said astatine a quality conference. An further idiosyncratic was struck by a vehicle, helium said.

The unit astatine the intersection of California Avenue and Polk Street astatine astir 9:30 p.m. successful the country of Garfield Park was partially captured connected surveillance video, constabulary said.

“We cognize it’s a drive-by. We cognize it happens successful conscionable a fewer seconds,” Brown said. “It begins and past it’s over, astir 3 seconds the car is pulling retired aft driving by and shooting randomly, really, into the crowd.”

He said that a motive was unknown, nary offender has been identified, and constabulary are not alert of immoderate conflicts connected that corner, though detectives volition beryllium conducting interviews.

The 3 children injured were 3 years old, 11 and 13, Brown said. All the different victims were adults, helium said.

There could beryllium 2 shooters, Brown said, though helium stressed the accusation is preliminary.

A vigil was being held astatine the country with a balloon merchandise astatine the time, but determination could person been different reasons that immoderate of the radical were gathered there, Brown said.

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