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3 sustain injuries from gun shots in the drive-by in Brainerd

A shooter in a passing vehicle opened fire on 3 people in the South Side neighborhood of Brainerd on Tuesday.

According to the police department of Chicago, at 12:53 after noon, the three men were alighting a car in South Bishop at 9000 block when another car pulled up. Someone inside the car fired multiple times, inflicting wounds on the trio.

One victim, 28, had one bullet in the buttocks and was rushed to the Medical Center of Christ in the village of Oak Lawn, said the police. The second victim,28, was wounded at the back and was moved to that hospital too, while the third victim, 22, was grazed in his face and moved to the Medical Center of Chicago University.

No one was arrested.

Ivan Cease

Senior editor of the Chicago Morning Star

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