Crime & Safety

Police Investigate Shooting On Austin Street

A 19-year-old Chicago man suffered non-life threatening injuries in an incident that police say may have been gang-related.

After a 19-year-old Chicago man was shot twice in the leg in Evanston Sunday, police are searching for suspects. 

Officers were called to the 800 block of Austin Street around 5:20 p.m. after several callers reported hearing gunfire, according to police. They found the victim at the bottom of the emergency room ramp on the north side of Saint Francis Hospital, where he had sustained non-life threatening injuries. 

Police say the shooting may be gang-related and are investigating leads provided by the victim and witnesses. No suspects are in custody yet, police reported.

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The man who was shot is being treated at Saint Francis Hospital, according to police. 


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