A 71-year-old girl was shot whereas inside a house after overhearing an argument exterior on Thursday afternoon within the Gresham neighborhood on the South Facet.
Police have been known as to the 8900 block of South Regular Avenue about 4:20 p.m. and located the lady on a sofa, affected by a gunshot wound to the ankle, police stated.
Shortly earlier than the assault, she had been doing yardwork within the yard when she heard a number of folks arguing within the entrance,
As she hustled in by a again door, she heard gunshots and one hit her in the appropriate foot, police stated.
She was taken to College of Chicago Medical Middle, the place she was in good situation.
Later police discovered no less than 20 rifle casings on the bottom within the east alley at 9009 S. Parnell Ave., and surmised there had been an “alternate of gunfire between two opposing teams,” in line with a police report.
The home sustained harm to a window and siding.
No arrests have been made and police stated no less than one witness to the assault was not being cooperative with investigators.
