A 17-year-old boy was shot in the ankle after someone fired gunshots through a basement window while he slept early Sunday in Edgewater, according to Chicago police.
The teen was asleep in the basement of a home in the 1000 block of West Thorndale Avenue when someone opened fire in the alley around 3:34 a.m., police said. At least one bullet pierced the basement window and struck the boy in the ankle, according to CPD. Paramedics took him to St. Francis Hospital, where he was listed in good condition.
Investigators recovered four shell casings in the alley and were working to determine whether the shooting was connected to a black Jeep Grand Cherokee that officers saw speeding away from the area moments before the teen’s 911 call, police said.
The boy is the third person shot in Edgewater this year, excluding self-inflicted wounds.
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