5 injured in mass shooting outside Bronzeville senior residence building, police say

CHICAGO (WLS) — Five people were shot outside a senior living building on the city’s South Side on Monday afternoon, Chicago police said.

Police said officers responded to a call about a shooting in the Bronzeville neighborhood’s 700-block of East 43rd Street just before 3:30 p.m.

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Two people who did not want to appear on camera told ABC7 they heard upwards of 12 gunshots ring out across the street from the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Center and Judge Slater Apartments, a senior residence.

Another woman said she stopped in tracks and ducked down for cover.

Police said a woman of an unknown age, shot in the leg, was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition.

A 72-year-old woman, shot in the shoulder, was taken to the same hospital in good condition.

Three men, a 35-year-old shot in the arm, a 44-year-old shot in the foot, and a 39-year-old in the arm, were taken to the same hospital in good condition.

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What led up to the shooting was not immediately clear.

Police quickly expanded their perimeter of the crime scene, blocking off the intersection of 43rd and Cottage Grove. Dozens shell casings were on the ground as investigators canvassed the area.

No one is in custody, and Area One detectives are investigating.

Police did not immediately provide further information.

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