CHICAGO (WLS) -- Six people were shot, one fatally, after a holiday party turned violent in the South Chicago neighborhood Saturday morning, police said.
Police and SWAT units responded to the 8800-block of South Exchange Avenue at about 2:30 a.m., police said. Witnesses said they saw people jumping from an upstairs window to escape the gunfire.
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A 20-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Another 20-year-old was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition with a wound to the groin. A 25-year-old woman and three other men, ages, 23, 22 and 21, were wounded and hospitalized in stable condition.
"I don't know if it was a family gathering, but a good amount of people that was in here, some type of party, and an individual has come through and discharged his weapon," said community activist Andrew Holmes.
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Police are investigating. No one is in custody.
Six people were shot at a house party int he South Chicago neighborhood Saturday. (NVP Video)