The shooting took place at about 11:24 p.m. in the 700-block of South Springfield Avenue.
According to a preliminary investigation, police said a male suspect took out a gun after a verbal altercation and fired into a crowd standing outside, hitting several people.
A 14-year-old boy was shot in the chest and taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.
A 15-year-old girl was shot in the leg and was listed in good condition at Stroger Hospital, police said.
A 16-year-old girl was shot multiple times and listed in fair condition at Mt. Sinai Hospital, police said.
A 13-year-old boy was shot in the thigh and listed in fair condition at Stroger Hospital, police said.
No one is in custody and Area Four detectives are investigating.
Community leaders gathered Monday just a block away, at Greater Rock Church.
They believe the Lawndale community has been forgotten by elected officials.
Faith leaders voiced their frustration with the big picture. They said neighbors live in fear of the violence on their streets in Lawndale.
"Our kids are left out. Our seniors are scared to come. They scared to come down here to the church. We shouldn't have to live like this," the Rev. Robin Hood said.
Hood is the founder of Mothers Opposed to Violence Everywhere and pastor of Redeemed Outreach Ministries. A well-known community activist for many years, he knows the impact of gun violence.
"When I heard the gunshot, immediately, my head dropped immediately because it was more than several gunshots. So, I took a walk down there, and to see the fear, to see senior citizens scared, to see children holler," Hood said.
Hood says people on the scene told him a fight had occurred at the park on the corner of South Springfield Avenue and West Lexington Street.
The reverend says he was told someone left, came back and fired shots.
"Our kids don't see a future. They don't see it because of things like last nigh; they don't see a future. We want them to see a future. See themselves as adults, see themselves in careers, see themselves in college, whatever it is they want to do," said Sonya Bellephant, director of Greater Rock Development Corporation.
Bellephant says the answer is more resources.
Instead, she says, funding from state and local governments is drying up.
Greater Rock Pastor Floyd James has a half-finished community center in the church's old building. It's a project he says can't move forward without more resources.
"Promises are being made, but they're not being kept," James said.
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