Chicago police work the scene in the 5900 block of North Ravenswood Avenue where two people, including a preteen boy, were shot and critically hurt Wednesday morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Patricia Nabong / Sun-Times
A boy and a woman were shot and critically wounded in a home on the North Side Wednesday morning, officials said.
The Chicago Fire Department responded to the 5900 block of North Ravenswood Avenue and transported the two victims to Presence St. Francis Hospital in Evanston just before 8 a.m., according to spokesman Larry Langford.
The woman was in critical condition and the boy was in “extremely critical” condition, according to Langford. Police gave their ages as around 11 and 33.
Police were initially called to a first-floor apartment for a report of a person stabbed. A subsequent call stated that a person had been shot, and a police officer later told a dispatcher that two victims had been wounded in the attack.
“Someone is bleeding from the neck,” an officer said. “The son is on the floor.”
Police quickly identified a suspect who had reportedly been released from prison on Tuesday. The alleged shooter took off north on Ravenswood and hadn’t immediately been taken into custody.
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Chicago police work the scene in the 5900 block of North Ravenswood Avenue where two people, including a preteen boy, were shot and critically hurt Wednesday morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Patricia Nabong / Sun-Times