CHICAGO — At least one person has died and seven others are recovering from injuries after gunfire erupted overnight in Chicago’s Ashburn neighborhood, authorities said.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times and WLS-TV, Chicago police said the incident occurred shortly after midnight Friday along West 79th Street. Several people were attending a gathering when two or more gunmen opened fire, killing a 26-year-old man and wounding seven others, police said.
The surviving victims include a 27-year-old man in critical condition; a 28-year-old man and 40-year-old woman in serious condition; two men, ages 22 and 28, in fair condition; a 32-year-old man in unknown condition; and another person, whose age and sex were not given, in unknown condition, police told the news outlets.
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Police, who found several weapons at the scene, have not arrested anyone in connection with the shooting, according to the news outlets. The investigation is ongoing, authorities said.
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