Chicago police were questioning a man Friday evening after a 14-year-old boy was shot in the neck and critically injured in West Rogers Park.
The trouble began with a “person with a gun” call shortly before 3 p.m. when a woman reported that her son’s friend was sitting in a car in front of her home and threatening to shoot her family in the 6200 block of North Campbell Avenue, according to preliminary information.
As officers headed to the scene, they received calls reporting a person shot about one block away. The woman’s 14-year-old son had been shot in the neck while on the sidewalk in the 6300 block of North Rockwell Street, police said.
Witnesses reported hearing about 10 shots and seeing the shooter fire before fleeing in a car occupied by as many as three people, according to an officer at the scene.
Another 911 caller who was driving in the area reported that he believed the shooter also fired at him, but he was not injured. A bullet hole was seen in the window of a home on Rosemont Avenue, too, but no additional injuries were reported.
EMS took the boy to Lurie Children’s Hospital in critical condition, according to CPD.
Officers searched an area where the person who had allegedly made the threats was known to spend time. They found the car allegedly used in the shooting in the 2700 block of West Arthur Avenue, where it was occupied by one man. Police took him into custody for questioning at about 4:15 p.m., according to preliminary information.
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