Seven people were shot, two fatally, in a hail of gunfire early Friday in the Back of the Yards on the South Side.
Witnesses told police two masked gunmen began walking down the block and opened fire at a group of people in the 5100 block of South Wood Street around 12:25 a.m., police reports said.
A person whose age wasn’t immediately known was shot in the head, chest and leg and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he died, police said.
A second male was shot in the abdomen and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he also died, officials said.
A 23-year-old woman was shot in the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, authorities said.
Another woman, 30, was shot in the thigh and hand and was taken to Mount Sinai where she was in fair condition, while a 54-year-old man was also in fair condition at Stroger after suffering a gunshot wound to his ankle, police said.
Two men, 21 and 32, were shot in the back and torso respectively and both were taken to the University of Chicago in good condition, officials said.
Area 1 detectives were investigating.