CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Fifteen people were wounded Tuesday evening in a shootout that erupted outside a funeral home on Chicago's South Side, police said.
This occurrence marked the largest number of victims in a single Chicago shooting in recent memory.
The shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 79th and South Carpenter Street as people were leaving a funeral. Someone inside a speeding vehicle that was westbound on 79th began shooting at attendees, who returned fire, First Deputy Police Supt. Eric Carter told reporters. The vehicle turned north on Carpenter, with someone continuing to shoot, he said.
Midway down the block, the vehicle crashed and came to a halt, Carter said. The occupants fled.
Sixty shell casings have been found at the scene.
Nine people were transported by ambulance to hospitals, fire officials said. The additional victims may have driven themselves to hospitals to get medical attention.
The 15 victims were being treated, though, at area hospitals, Carter said. Chicago fire officials said they were listed in conditions ranging from serious to critical. All the victims ages range from 21 to 65-years-old, police said.
Police said they were investigating the motive and couldn’t say yet if the shootings were gang-related.
One person of interest has been questioned, Carter said.
Further details were not immediately available.
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