EMS responded to the scene at 2:40 a.m., near West Erie Street and North Orleans Street in River North, and discovered three people who had been shot, Chicago fire officials said.
Two men were transported to a hospital in critical condition, authorities said. A 43-year-old woman was also taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Chicago police later confirmed a total of eight people were injured in the shooting.
The five additional victims were taken to hospitals, initially reported to be in good condition, police said. Two of them were women, ages 23 and 27, and three of them were men, ages 25, 27 and 32.
Just under an hour earlier, two people were critically wounded after an argument turned physical inside an Auburn Gresham home on the South Side.
At about 1:50 a.m., a man and woman, 33 and 52, were arguing inside the home in the 1700 block of West 86th Street when he pulled out a handgun and the argument turned physical, Chicago police said.
The woman, who was shot in the abdomen, gained control of the gun and shot the man in the chest and back, police said.
Both were taken to the Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where they were listed in critical condition, officials said.
Both were taken to the Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where they were listed in critical condition, officials said.
Area detectives were investigating.
A woman was killed and a man was wounded in a shooting Saturday in the South Shore neighborhood.
They were outside at about 10:45 a.m. in the 1500 block of East 74th Street when a group of people opened gunfire on them, Chicago police said.
The woman, 23, and the 24-year-old man took themselves to Jackson Park Hospital, where the woman was pronounced dead, police said.
The man suffered a graze wound and declined medical attention, police said.
No arrests were reported.
Hours later, four people were shot on the city’s North Side on Saturday afternoon, Chicago police said.
Police said the shooting happened in the Uptown neighborhood’s 5000 block of North Winthrop Avenue just after 12:30 p.m.
At least two armed people approached a group of four and opened fire, police said. Three women and a man were injured.
A 26-year-old woman, shot in her face area, was transported to St. Francis Hospital in good condition. A 43-year-old man, shot in his leg, was taken to the same hospital in good condition.
Another woman, 28, was shot in her shoulder and head. She was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital in good condition. A third woman, 61, was shot in her leg and taken to the same hospital, also good condition.
No one is in custody and area detectives are investigating.
Note: 87/Vincennes: a call of a battery in progress at an auto accident w/ injuries, caller says 3 ppl are injured and about 20 ppl are fighting, the accident occurred during a funeral procession.
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