Teen injured during gunfire on Pulaski near Sauganash industrial area; 36 shell casings found

by BRIAN NADIG

Gunfire erupted between the occupants of two vehicles traveling on North Pulaski Road in the Sauganash-Peterson Park area at about 4:45 a.m. Sunday, April 27, leaving a teenager critically injured, according to Chicago police.

Three dozen shell casings, which came from at least two different guns, were found in the 5700 to 6000 blocks of Pulaski, including several at the BP Amoco gas station, 4000 W. Peterson Ave., according to police. Surveillance footage showed the gunshots coming from two vehicles, a black car heading south and a gray car heading north on Pulaski, police said.

Responding officers later learned that a 16-year-old male reportedly suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen during incident in the 5700 block of Pulaski and was being rushed into surgery at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, police said. The teen, who does not live in the area, reportedly walked into the hospital, police said.

The gunfire occurred in the 17th (Albany Park) Police District along a stretch of Pulaski that is primarily industrial on the west side and includes the North Park Village Nature Center on the east side.

Also in the area, an 18-year-old Northtown Academy student on Feb. 18 was shot in the abdomen while he was walking in the 6000 block of North Stevens Avenue, a primarily industrial area of Sauganash. A minor was later questioned in connection with the Feb. 18 shooting, but it is not clear if he was charged.

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