CHICAGO — A 15-year-old boy was shot in Uptown on Wednesday night, police said. The teen provided police with few details about what happened during the incident, which occurred in the 5000 block of North Winthrop around 9:31 p.m.
According to CPD, he was outside when he heard gunfire and realized he had been shot in the buttocks. The Chicago Fire Department transported him to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in good condition.
Officers found six shell casings at the scene and video that showed two men running from the area after the shooting: a Black male wearing a black top with white shorts and a Black male wearing a black top with white pants.
So far this year, eight people have been shot in Uptown. All have survived. By comparison, at this point last year there were 12 people shot, none fatally. There were nine people shot, four fatally, at this time in 2022.
