Young teen shot in face in Logan Square
Written by DJ Special Blend from Chicago on September 17, 2009
CHICAGO, IL – Police were questioning a suspect in the Wednesday night shooting of a 13-year-old boy in the city’s Logan Square neighborhood.
The teen suffered three bullet wounds, one to the face, as he stood in the 2000 block of North Pulaski Road, near the intersection of Armitage Avenue and Pulaski Road about 10 p.m., police spokesman Ron Gaines said.
The boy was with friends on the street when a car drove by and someone in it began firing at them, said Police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez.
Officers in a Grand-Central District police patrol car were in the area at the time and heard the shots, Perez said. The officers were able to get to the scene in time to see the suspect’s vehicle flee the scene, and police gave chase, Perez said.
The officers stopped the vehicle and then chased one person on foot before arresting him and finding a gun believed to have been used in the shooting, Perez said.
Police took three people into custody, at least one in a vehicle, following the shooting and found a weapon that may have been used in the shooting, police said initially. But by this morning, only one suspect was being questioned, Perez said.
The victim, who was responsive and talking to officers, was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, Gaines said. He suffered a gunshot wound to his face and also to his left arm and chest. He was in stable condition this morning, Perez said.
