3 young teens shot in Morgan Park, 14-year-old boy in critical conditionSophie Sherryon September 30, 2021 at 10:12 am

Three young teens were wounded, one of them critically, in a shooting Wednesday night in Morgan Park on the Far South Side.

The teens were standing on the sidewalk in the 11100 block of South Bishop Street when someone approached and opened fire just after 7 p.m., Chicago police said.

A 14-year-old boy was struck in the head and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, police said.

A 14-year-old girl suffered a gunshot wound to the foot and a 15-year-old boy was struck in the leg, police said. Both were taken to the hospital in good condition, police said.

The shooting happened down the street from Shoop Academy at 11140 S. Bishop St. At the scene, dozens of evidence markers covered the sidewalk near the mouth of an alley.

A resident who has lived in the area for the past three years described the block as “quiet” with “not too much going on.”

There was no one in custody.

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