3 Children Among 14 Injured in Halloween Drive-By Shooting in Chicago

As many as 14 people, including three children, were wounded in a drive-by shooting on Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood on Monday night.

The Chicago Tribune reports the incident occurred around 9:30 p.m., when a person opened fire from an SUV into a crowd of people who were standing on the corner of South California Avenue and West Polk Street. 

According to officials, a three-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were among those shot, with the rest of the victims being adults between the ages of 30 and 50. Police said the three children are in “serious condition,” while another two adults were transported to local hospitals in critical condition. 

“We have reported at least up to 14 people shot,” Superintendent David Brown told reporters. “They’re all in various conditions, between critical and non-life-threatening. We also have a person struck by a vehicle at the scene as well.”

As of Tuesday afternoon, the shooting remains under investigation, with no one in custody.

“Last night, terror touched the lives of 14 individuals, including three children, in another tragic display of gun violence by cowards indiscriminately shooting into a crowd,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in an official statement on Tuesday. “The shooters had no concerns for the lives of the adults and children impacted, but I am calling on people of goodwill who have information, to come forward. None of us can be silent when faced with this kind of tragedy.”