CHICAGO — A girl was shot in an Edgewater alley this afternoon, Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (forty eighth) mentioned in an electronic mail. Shootings within the neighborhood are actually up 300% in comparison with final yr.
Chicago police responded to calls of photographs fired within the 5900 block of North Kenmore round 3:20 p.m. and located the lady with a gunshot wound to the leg, Manaa-Hoppenworth said. She mentioned the capturing occurred within the alley between Kenmore and Winthrop.
The girl’s age shouldn’t be unknown, however Manaa-Hoppenworth mentioned she is an grownup.
Officers on the scene mentioned the shooter was a Black male standing about 5’6″ tall in a black hoodie.
The capturing occurred just some hours after Manaa-Hoppenworth mentioned she was “outraged and disheartened” by “latest gun violence incidents” in her ward.
Up to now this yr, 20 folks have been shot in Edgewater, up from 5 in all of final yr and ten throughout 2022.
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