Nineteen People Injured in Seven Chicago Shootings
By: Marcy Foust
Updated: August 24, 2012
Nineteen people were wounded in at least seven shootings within eight hours overnight in Chicago, police said.
Eight of them, mostly teenagers, were struck in what's believed to have been a drive-by shooting around 9:15 p.m. Police were patrolling the area when they heard the gunfire at 79th Street and South Essex Avenue.
Two 14-year-old boys, a 15 year-old boy, two 16-year-old boys and a 19-year-old woman were taken to area hospitals in fair to serious condition. A 28-year-old male was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.

