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CHICAGO (WLS) -- More than a twelve radical were wounded during a shooting Halloween nighttime connected Chicago's West Side.
It happened adjacent California Avenue and Polk Street successful East Garfield Park.
The incidental took spot astatine a vigil for idiosyncratic who died of earthy causes connected the West Side. Fourteen radical were shot, including respective children, and a 15th idiosyncratic is besides successful the infirmary aft being deed by a car.
Chicago constabulary said it was a drive-by shooting aft 9 p.m. Monday night.
The youngest unfortunate is 3 years old. Others are successful their 30s, 40s, and 50s.
There was besides an 11 twelvemonth aged and a teen who whitethorn beryllium 13 years old.
The conditions alteration among the 15 radical hurt. At slightest six are listed successful superior oregon captious information astatine adjacent hospitals.
The others are listed successful bully oregon just condition.
There are not yet immoderate reported fatalities.
CPD said the pistillate who was deed by a car was attempting to tally distant astatine the time.
Police judge they're looking for 2 suspects who fired those shots from a acheronian SUV, and they were past seen driving southbound from the scene.
They appeared to occurrence indiscriminately into the crowd.
CPD Superintendent David Brown shared his concerns aft the shooting.
"We ever interest astir retaliation obviously, but we don't cognize capable astir this, whether it progressive a pack struggle oregon immoderate idiosyncratic struggle yet, but arsenic soon arsenic we cognize we'll stock that with the public," Brown said. "And evidently we're deploying other constabulary resources successful the country to marque definite that we tin forestall immoderate retaliation if that's thing that's real."
Brown said the shooting was implicit successful a substance of seconds. It was captured connected POD video, which constabulary are reviewing.
There is nary known motive for the shooting astatine this time, and Brown said determination were nary known conflicts astatine the country Monday night. Police are waiting for victims to decorativeness being treated truthful they tin interrogation them.
An probe by the Chicago Police Department is ongoing.
Anyone with accusation is encouraged to interaction Chicago police, and a reward of up to $15,000 is being offered for accusation starring to charges and/or a condemnation successful this incident.
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