Two teenagers were shot near Mount Carmel High School shortly after a football game at the Woodlawn neighborhood institution late Friday.
The attack was reported about 10:15 p.m. in the 1500 block of East 64th Street, where officers found a 15-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the abdomen and a 16-year-old girl who’d been hit in the foot, according to Chicago police, who didn’t have details on the circumstances.
They were taken to Comer Children’s hospital, with the boy listed in critical condition and the girl in good condition. The shots rang out just north of Mount Carmel’s football field, about 35 minutes after the Caravan beat Morgan Park High School 22-12, according to Morgan Park coach Chris James. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly
It happened near a parking lot that’s a popular tailgating spot for fans of the area’s top-ranked high school football team.“We were walking in the other direction but you could see everyone running,” James said.
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