A 19-year-old man was shot behind the ear Friday night in a church parking lot on the West Side, police said, one of at least five people shot since about 7:40 p.m.
The bullet came out his neck and the man is still alive, police said. Police taped off the entire parking lot, which sits between the 2600 blocks of Adams Street and Jackson Boulevard, while detectives and evidence technicians began their investigation.
People gathered at the rented-out church for a birthday party when someone shot the man outside, in the parking lot. Police said the partygoers apparently didn't see what happened. The man is a gang member from Cabrini Green on the Near North Side, police said.
He was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where friends and family awaited news of his condition from hospital staff.
About the same time, a man in his 20s was shot near Pulaski Road on Grenshaw Street. He called police from there and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said, with a gunshot wound to the back.
A male whose age wasn't available was shot in the leg about 9:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of West Walnut Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital.
About a half hour earlier, a 24-year-old woman was shot in the ankle in the 3100 block of West 39th Place in the Brighton Park neighborhood. She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.
At 7:40 p.m. a 19-year-old man was shot in the leg in the Calumet Heights neighborhood. He was shot in the 9000 block of South Colfax Avenue, ran home, called police and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in good condition.
The three people with leg wounds are expected to survive.
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