CHICAGO (WLS) -- One person was shot and critically hurt near a West Side high school on Monday morning, the Chicago Police Department said.
The shooting happened in the 700 block of North Pulaski Road at about 11:34 a.m. near Orr Academy High School in West Garfield Park, Chicago police said.
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A vehicle was traveling northbound on Pulaski when one or more unknown offenders on foot opened fire, police said.
A 21-year-old man, who was a backseat passenger in the vehicle, was shot in the back, police said. He was transported to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
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The offender or offenders fled in an unknown direction, police said. No other injuries were reported.
No one is in custody and Area Four detectives are investigating.
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