Oak Lawn Police Investigate Shooting on 108th Place - UPDATED

Photos: Oak Lawn police officers investigate scene of shooting in the 5400 block of West 108th Place; later a fight broke out in the Advocate Christ ER related to the shooting, a village official told Patch.

Updated 2:24 p.m. -- Oak Lawn Police issued the following statement regarding Thursday evening’s robbery and shooting in the 5400 block of West 108th Place:

“Oak Lawn Police are investigating an apparent robbery that occurred at approximately 11:45 p.m. on Dec. 11, 2014 in the area of 108th Street and Georgia Lane. The victim of the robbery suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound. Shortly after the victim arrived at the hospital there was a disturbance involving friends of the victim and another group. Police are currently investigating the possibility of a connection between the two events. Six subjects are in custody related to the disturbance. A seventh subject is being questioned regarding the robbery. Police do not believe the robbery was a random event.”

Original story -- Oak Lawn Police are sorting of the details of a shooting that took place in residential neighborhood late Thursday evening.

Village officials confirm that a shooting took place shortly before midnight in the 5400 block of West 108th Street.

Oak Lawn Village Manager Larry Deetjen told Patch that a resident who owns a business had apparently been followed home and may have been targeted in a robbery.

“The details are all under investigation,” Deetjen said. “It was not random. This was a targeted issue.”

The person injured had been a passenger in a Toyota Camry when several individuals approached the car and began shooting. The driver of the Camry drove the injured person to Advocate Christ Medical Center. The person’s medical condition is not known.

Police were working the crime scene well into night, as officers with flashlights trained to the ground searched for shell casings and other evidence.

A nearby neighbor told Patch that he heard two to three gunshots from inside his house, but did not know they were gunshots until he came outside and saw police combing a taped off area of the street.

Police were also looking at an Audi with a smashed window parked on 108th Place. The Audi had a yellow evidence placard placed on its roof.

The Camry was parked outside of Advocate Christ’s ER. An Oak Lawn police officer on the scene said he was “watching the car” and told two men to get away from it.

Police were later called to the hospital for a reported fight inside the ER related to the shooting.

Check back later for updates.

Nadeem Baste contributed photos to this report.