Police are investigating after a 15-year-old was shot at a gas station near the Dan Ryan Expressway – the very same place where we reported on a deadly hit-and-run on Monday. CBS 2’s Shardaa Gray reports.
% >>> TONIGHT, CHICAGO POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR WHOEVER SHOT AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDED A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY OUTSIDE A GAS STATION AT 79th AND LAFAYETTE. >>> JUST 28 HOURS EARLIER, A MAN WAS KILLED IN A HIT-AND-RUN CRASH AT THAT VERY SAME INTERSECTION. WE SENT CBS 2 TO THAT AREA TO FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. SHE'S LIVE NOW AT COMBER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, WHERE DOCTORS ARE TREATING THE 15- YEAR-OLD. >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, JOE AND ERIKA, AND THE DEADLY HIT AND RUN AND THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED WITHIN ALMOST 24 HOURS OF EACH OTHER AT THE SAME INTERSECTION. THOSE INCIDENTS ARE UNRELATED, BUT A COMMUNITY LEADER AND THE ALDERMAN ARE CALLING FOR A CHANGE. >> IS AN ACTIVE AREA. IT'S SOMETIMES NOT A POSITIVELY ACTIVE AREA, AND AS A RESULT, THERE ARE THINGS OFTEN, QUITE OFTEN. >> Reporter: PASTOR DONOVAN PRICE HAS BEEN TO THE INTERSECTION OF 79th AND
LAFAYETTE IN THE WEST CHATHAM NEIGHBORHOOD MORE OFTEN THAN HE'D LIKE TO. RESPONDING TO SHOOTINGS ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. HE SAYS SURROUNDING ELEMENTS CAN PLAY A FACTOR. >> YOU HAVE A, A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT HERE, 95th IS THE SAME WAY. YOU HAVE A McDONALD'S, YOU HAVE A MAJOR CTA HUB, AND YOU'RE GOING TO KIND OF FIND THE SAME THINGS HAPPENING AT THESE BUSY, BUSY INTERSECTIONS. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY A 15- YEAR-OLD BOY WAS AT THE GAS STATION TUESDAY NIGHT NEAR 79th AND LAFAYETTE WHEN HE WAS SHOT. HE WAS HIT IN THE LOWER BACK AND TAKEN TO COMBER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION. MONDAY NIGHT AT THAT SAME INTERSECTION, POLICE SAY A MAN WAS CROSSING THE STREET AT A CROSSWALK WHEN A WHITE 2013 DODGE DURANGO HIT HIM. THE VICTIM DIED AT THE SCENE. WE DID SOME DIGGING, AND AT THAT SPECIFIC INTERSECTION LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 14 ASSAULTS, 38 BATTERIES, AND THREE HOMICIDES. ALDERMAN DAVID MOORE OF THE
17th WARD SAYS THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH PEOPLE PEDDLING CIGARETTES. HE'D LIKE TO STOP SHOOTINGS BEFORE IT HAPPENS. >> IT'S ABOUT, WHAT'S A PRIORITY FOR THE POLICE? SOMEONE THERE SELLING LOOSE SQUARES. WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAN THIS UP. ARE THEY COMING RIGHT AWAY, OR ARE THEY DEALING WITH PRIORITY ONE STUFF, AND THEN WHEN THERE'S A SHOOTING, THEN THAT BECOMES A PRIORITY ONE? >> Reporter: ALDERMAN MOORE SAYS WHEN IT COMES TO SHOOTINGS LIKE LAST NIGHT, HE HAS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE PROBLEM STARTED. >> ARE THEY HOBBLING DOWN? OR DO THEY HAPPEN TO JUST BE RUNNING ON THEIR PROPERTY WHEN THEY GET SHOT? >> Reporter: THAT 15-YEAR-OLD REMAINS HERE AT THE HOSPITAL
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