Five individuals were shot outside a senior living building on Chicago’s South Side on Monday afternoon, according to police.
Just before 3:30 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting in the Bronzeville neighborhood’s 700 block of East 43rd Street.
Two people who did not want to be interviewed informed ABC7 that they heard up to 12 gunshots across the street from the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Center and Judge Slater Apartments, senior housing.
One woman reported stopping abruptly and ducking for safety.
A woman of unknown age was shot in the leg and sent to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition, according to police.
A 72-year-old woman was wounded in the shoulder and transferred to the same hospital in excellent condition.
Three guys, a 35-year-old shot in the arm, a 44-year-old shot in the foot, and a 39-year-old shot in the arm, were transported to the same hospital in excellent health.
“This is so unfortunate with the other mass shootings this weekend, to see the stuff that happens in the middle of the night happened during the day,” said community activist Pastor Donovan Price. “Just a community that’s out living life on hot, you know, end of summer afternoon and this breaks out.”
Police soon surrounded the shooting site, closing off the intersection of 43rd and Cottage Grove. As investigators canvassed the area, dozens of shot casings lay on the ground.
Deandre Moore works at the local senior living facility. His concern was instantly directed toward the residents.
“They have no they have no idea what they’re waking up to. They have no idea what they come home to or anything, because elderly, they go to the store and come back home. They have no idea that they’re going to run into bullets or anything like that,” Moore said.
It is unclear whether any inhabitants of the senior living facility were among those shot, and the circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately known.
Ald. Lamont Robinson issued a statement, saying, in part, “This senseless act of terrorism in our community is inexcusable, and I will continue to work with CPD and the Mayor’s Office of Community Safety to ensure the perpetrator is held accountable.”
No one is in custody, and Area One detectives are conducting an investigation.
The police did not immediately release any details.