Friday, September 20, 2013

Three-year old, 11 others shot in Chicago

A late night shooting on a basketball court has left several people
wounded in Chicago, President Barack Obama's adopted hometown that has
been struggling to stem gang violence, police said.
The Chicago Tribune newspaper reported that 12 people were shot in
all, including a three-year old who one witness said was hit in the
face, in the shooting on a basketball court at a South Side Chicago
park.
A police dispatcher told AFP that "there were several people shot" in
the incident at around 10:15 pm (0315 GMT Friday).
"Basically, there have been no fatalities reported and there is no one
in custody at this time, the dispatcher said.
The Tribune said the wounded were being treated at area hospitals.
Three of the gunshot victims, including the child, were in
serious-to-critical condition, the Chicago Fire Department told the
Tribune.
The shooting comes as Chicago struggles to stem an epidemic of gang
violence that helped push the city's murder rate up 16 percent to 506
people last year.
Gun violence in the city has continued at a slower but still-brisk
pace this year.
President Barack Obama returned to his adopted hometown earlier this
year to appeal for an end to the "senseless" gun violence ravaging
Chicago as he pressed for ambitious gun control measures, which so far
have been stalled in the US Congress.

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