Crime & Safety

2 Men Shot In Old Town

One of the victims suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

CHICAGO, IL — Two men were shot on the city's Near North Side Tuesday night, police said. The shootings happened in the Old Town neighborhood in the 400 block of West Blackhawk, according to police. The victims, ages 23 and 24, were shot around 8:20 p.m., police said.

The 23-year-old suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his body, and the 24-year-old was shot in the leg and arm, police said. Both were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, police said.

No one was in custody and Area Central detectives were investigating.

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