Chicago shooting: 2 teen girls shot, 1 fatally, at large gathering in Englewood, police say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two teenage girls were shot, one fatally, after someone opened fire at a gathering of young people Monday night in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said.

"I believe social media might have had a play in that. These kids have phones, 'We are having party over here. Meet me over here,' Something like that, but the end result of it was just sad," said Kim Frazier, who lives nearby. "Every day, you can't turn the news on with hearing about a child a kid a teenager somebody getting shot. These babies haven't even begun to live your life."

The shooting took place in the 400-block of West 72nd Street at about 10:10 p.m., police said.

Video shows the victims were among a large group of teens, about 200, who had gathered there on the street next to Hamilton Park. Then, suddenly, shots were fired by unknown offenders.

"They are like, 'Shots, shots, shots!' and I see everybody running and ducking," said Hope White, who lives nearby. "I don't know if you were particularly shooting at someone, or just randomly shooting, but bullets don't have a name on it. And so, now, this young lady has lost her life over something senseless. I can only lift the family up in prayer, and say I'll pray for the family."

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A 16-year-old was shot in the back and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, where she died a short time later.

A 15-year-old girl suffered a graze wound to the left arm and was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in good condition.

"You leave out, I love you, and all of a sudden, you never return home," crisis responder Andrew Holmes. "So this father, this mother and this whole this family, and the community have to go through this heartache about losing this baby girl that was still in school."

Holmes is now working to console the families affected.

"You look at the amount and the statistics of females being shot, it's a steady increase," he said. "So the shooters when they drive around or walk around or run around like cowards, they don't care where the projectile land."

No one is in custody and Area One detectives are investigating, police said.

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