6 seriously injured, including 3 teens, in Parkway Gardens shooting

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Saturday, February 15, 2020
6 seriously injured, including 3 teens, in South Side shooting
Six people were seriously injured, including three teenagers, in a shooting on the South Side Friday night.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Six people were seriously injured, including three teenagers, in a shooting on the South Side Friday night.

Officials said the shooting happened just after 9 p.m. in the 6500-block of South King Drive in the city's Parkway Gardens neighborhood. It began with a gathering inside an apartment and spilled out into the hallway, Chicago police said.

Officials said a 23-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were taken to University of Chicago Hospital in serious to critical condition. The 23-year-old was armed with a handgun, police said. An 18-year-old man was taken in critical condition to University of Chicago Hospital.

A 14-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl were taken to Comer Children's Hospital in critical to good condition, Chicago fire officials said. Another 14-year-old girl was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, according to the fire department.

The circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately known.

Sun-Times Media contributed to this report.

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