A suspect has been arrested after he was seen leaving a Chicago house party where 13 people were shot, police say.
The victims range in age between 16 and 48 and suffered “different and various gunshot wounds to their bodies.” Six of the victims were in serious condition Sunday while one man remained critical after being shot in the lower back.A 25-year-old man taken into custody after the shooting was in serious condition with injuries to his lower body, Waller said.Jim Young / Reuters file
Waller described three different shooting scenes at the residential location in the city's Englewood neighborhood. The shooting started inside, and then more shots were fired as people began spilling out of the house. He said shots were also fired at a third place in the vicinity.Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who met with victims at the University of Chicago Medical Center, pleaded with people to put down their guns,"A lot of young people feel they’re at risk if they don’t carry a gun, but I’m telling them that they are if they do,” she said.
Lightfoot urged witnesses to"overcome their fears" and provide information to authorities. Then, she said, police can track down those"responsible for this terrible act of cowardice.”Tim Stelloh is a reporter for NBC News, based in California.
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