CHICAGO (WLS) — Two teens were shot, one fatally, Wednesday afternoon on Chicago’s South Side, Chicago police said.
A 16-year-old girl and boy were at a bus stop in the 6300-block of South Stony Island Avenue in the city’s Woodlawn neighborhood just before 3:25 p.m., when a suspect approached, pulled out a gun and shot at them, police said.
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The boy was shot multiple times and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition. The 16-year-old girl was shot in the left leg and taken to UChicago in fair condition, CPD said.
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The boy later died, police said.
Area One Detectives are investigating.
The shooting happened outside a YMCA minutes after nearby Hyde Park Academy let out for the day.
Witnesses described seeing students scattering from outside the Side YMCA after multiple gunshots rang out.
“There go a book right there. One of them dropped their book,” said John Watts, who lives near the shooting scene.
A backpack was left behind, as well.
“When I heard the shots, I jumped up and looked out the window. All you saw was kids scattering,” Watts said. “You can see the two individuals, like, leaning against the gate. You knew something was wrong.”
A teacher’s assistant said the two were sophomores at Hyde Park Academy.
“They in the class. You see them everyday,” Clyde Caldwell said. “Could you imagine, you leave your child, your child leaves home in the morning, and you expect them to come back home and they not coming back home. So even though he was not my child, he was my child. Because when they come in that building, we love all of the students.”
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