CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Eight people traveling on a party bus were wounded in a drive-by shooting Wednesday night in Lincoln Park on the North Side.
It was the third mass shooting of the day and occurred just hours after two attacks on the West Side wounded a total of 10 people, including a 14-year-old boy who died.
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In the latest attack, a dark-gray and a black Jeep Grand Cherokee pulled up in the 1600 block of North LaSalle Drive shortly before midnight and someone inside fired at the group who had been on the bus, Chicago police said.
Police did not say if the victims were on or off the bus and released no other details of the shooting. No one was in custody.
A 24-year-old man was shot in the arm and a 26-year-old woman was shot in the leg, police said. They were both taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the man was in fair condition and the woman was in serious condition.
A 23-year-old man was struck in the groin and was also taken to Northwestern in serious condition, police said. Two men, 42 and 52, were struck in the leg and taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where they were in fair condition.
A 27-year-old man was struck in the chest and later dropped off at Northwestern in critical condition, police said. A 29-year-old man was struck in the arm and went to Rush University Medical Center, then transferred to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
A 26-year-old woman was shot in the hand and drove to Jackson Park Hospital where she was in good condition, police said.
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