7 hurt in separate shootings since New Year's Day

Seven people, including a 14-year-old girl, were injured in separate shootings since New Year's Day, police said.

In the latest shooting, a male, whose age was not immediately available, was shot in the leg during a possible robbery around 3:45 a.m. Friday in the Galewood neighborhood on the Northwest Side,said Chicago police Officer Amina Greer.

The male was in the 2200 block of North Narragansett Avenue when he was shot. He was taken to Weiss Memorial Hospital, Greer said.

No other information was immediately available.

Thursday night, around 10:50 p.m., two men were shot in the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side, Greer said.

A 42-year-old man and a 25-year-old man were standing outside in the 5600 block of West Fullerton Avenue when an offender came out of the passenger side of a dark-colored sedan and fired shots, striking them. The offender then fled northbound in the vehicle.

Both men were shot in the back and were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where their conditions stabilized, Greer said.

No one is in custody.

Around 7:30 p.m. Thursday a man was shot in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, said Chicago police spokesman Hector Alfaro.

The victim, a 22-year-old man, was standing in the 5000 block of West Fulton Street when a dark-colored sedan drove by and someone from inside fired, Alfaro said.

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7 hurt in separate shootings since New Year's Day