Five teens, including a 15-year-old boy, were wounded in a drive-by shooting overnight on the Near West Side, Chicago police said.
Shortly before 12:15 a.m., the group of teenagers were walking in the 2000 block of West Monroe Street when someone inside a vehicle open fire, striking the teens near the United Center, police said.
A 15-year-old boy suffered a wound to the left leg, and was taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital in good condition. An 18-year-old suffered a graze wound to the left arm, and another 18-year-old was shot in the right leg. Both of those victims were taken in good condition to Stroger Hospital. A 16-year-old boy suffered a wound to the right arm and also was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, as well as another 16-year-old boy who was shot in the right leg.
No one was in custody for the attack, and Belmont detectives were investigating.