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Four wounded in early-morning shooting outside Loretto Hospital in Austin
A man was critically injured and three others were listed in good condition after gunfire near Loretto Hospital early Sunday. Chicago police said the shooter fired from an SUV; no one was in custody.
Four people were wounded in a shooting across the street from Loretto Hospital in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood early Sunday, Oct. 18, police said. One victim was in critical condition and three others were listed in good condition.
The shooting was reported at about 2:27 a.m. in the 600 block of South Central Avenue. Police said a 45-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk when someone in an SUV fired at him several times. He was taken to another area hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and was listed in critical condition.
Three additional victims made their own way to hospitals in the minutes afterward, according to police. A 39-year-old woman had a gunshot wound to her chest. A 30-year-old man was shot in the neck and left shoulder, and a 28-year-old man was shot in the face. All three were reported in good condition.
No suspects were in custody. Area Four detectives are investigating.