At least four people were shot Tuesday night in Washington Park, a Chicago Fire Department official said.
About 8 p.m., paramedics responded to East 51st Street and South Champlain Avenue and took three men and a woman to hospitals, said Larry Merritt, spokesperson for the Fire Department.
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Three of the shooting victims were in serious to critical condition and a fourth was in fair condition, Merritt said. He did not have details on which hospitals they were taken to or what their ages were, though he said they’re all believed to be adults.
Officer Michelle Tannehill, a Chicago police spokesperson, confirmed officers had responded to the 5500 block of Martin Luther King Drive for reports of multiple people shot but did not have any further details on the shooting.
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