A neighborhood in Chicago’s South Side was rocked by gun violence earlier this week. A 7-year-old boy and a 27-year-old man were shot and critically wounded in their home in the West Pullman area. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the shooting occurred at 9:06 p.m. in a residence located at the 11600 block of South Yale Avenue. Alleged assailants, someone in a white Audi sedan, opened fire from the street.
The young boy sustained a gunshot wound to the back and a graze wound to his head. He was promptly transported to Comer Children’s Hospital where he remains in critical condition. The adult male suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and arm. He was taken to Christ Medical Center, also in critical condition. As of now, no one is in custody, and the specifics of the incident remain largely undeveloped.
Further reporting by ABC7 Chicago added that Area Two detectives are investigating the shooting but have not released further information. The sudden eruption of gunfire in a home, not on a battlefield, rattles the very notion of sanctuary one associates with the word 'home.'
