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Three wounded after car passes and gunfire erupts in East Garfield Park
A woman and two men were shot Saturday afternoon on West Flournoy Street in East Garfield Park, police said. One man was critically injured; the other two victims were listed in fair condition.
Three people were wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood after someone in a passing car fired toward them, police said.
The victims — a 40-year-old woman, a 41-year-old man and a 46-year-old man — were standing outside on the 3000 block of West Flournoy Street at about 2:50 p.m. when the shots were fired, according to police.
Emergency responders took all three to local hospitals. The woman was shot in the leg and the 46-year-old man in the buttocks; both were initially reported in fair condition. The 41-year-old man was shot in the neck and was critically injured, police said.
The shooter’s identity and motive were not immediately known. Police said the investigation is ongoing.