A child was wounded Tuesday evening when shots were fired in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side, near Central Park Avenue and Ohio Street. The victim was taken to a hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening, and police initially released only limited information about the child or what led up to the shooting.
According to ABC7 Chicago, sources said the child was transported to a hospital and that the injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. The station reported the child's age and gender were not immediately known. Officials also did not say whether anyone else was hurt or if any suspects were in custody.
Not The First Time Young Children Have Been Hurt
The shooting lands on a neighborhood already on edge over recent incidents involving very young children and unsecured firearms. On Jan. 2, authorities said an 8-year-old found a gun and shot a 7-year-old inside a home on the 3200 block of West Division Street, a case detailed by the Chicago Sun-Times. Those earlier cases reignited calls from neighbors and some local leaders for safer firearm storage and more community outreach around gun safety.
What Officials Are Saying
As of Wednesday morning, police had not provided additional information about the shooting near Central Park and Ohio, according to the ABC7 report. This story will be updated if authorities release more details.
