8-year-old girl among 3 shot on South Side, Chicago police say
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A young girl was among three people shot Wednesday on the city's South Side, Chicago police said.
All three victims were reported to be in good condition after escaping with their lives from what appeared to be a barrage of bullets.
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The shooting happened just after 4:45 p.m. in the Lake Meadows Shopping Center at East 35th Street and South King Drive i n Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, right outside Baskin Robbin's and Subway restaurants.
The victims, an 8-year-old girl, a 28-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, were at the location when a dark-colored SUV approached and at least one person fired shots at them from the vehicle, police said.
The girl was shot in the foot, the woman was shot in the knee, and the man had multiple gunshot wounds, including to his arm and chest. CPD said. They were all taken to hospitals and were reported to be in good condition.
Storefronts were left shattered with glass and bullet casings strewn across the South Side parking lot where the three people were nearly killed.
The shooting happened in the Lake Meadows Shopping Center near 35th & King Drive in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, right outside a Dunkin' and Baskin Robbin's and a Subway restaurant.
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"It's really saddening to know that kids are always never safe," shopping center patron Ruwaida Henry said.
Their lives were spared, yet concern lingered with patrons of the busy shopping center.
"I hope for this to end," Henry said. "We don't have to be concerned about our safety all the time. A trip to the coffee shop, the Subway, the nail shop shouldn't be this frightening."
Chicago police haven't said if anyone was taken into custody, only adding that area detectives are investigating
No further information was immediately available.
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