Five shot in three separate South Side shootings

Five men are in the hospital Monday morning with gunshot wounds following three separate shootings on the South Side.

At 9:30 p.m., two men were walking in the 000 block of West 119th Street when a man began shooting at them, police News Affairs Officer John Henry said.

A 21-year-old man is in "stable" condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with a gunshot wound to his right leg. A 22-year-old man is in good condition at Roseland Community Hospital suffering a gunshot wound to his left arm, Henry said.

No one was in custody for the shooting as of 12:30 a.m., according to a Calumet District lieutenant.

Less than a half-hour later at 9:58 p.m., two men were shot in the 5500 block of South Shields Avenue, Henry said.

Two men were sitting in a car when another vehicle pulled up next to them and began firing shots, an Englewood District lieutenant said.

A 25-year-old man was shot in the head and taken in critical condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. A 17-year-old man is in "stable" condition at University of Chicago Hospital with a gunshot wound to his left arm, Henry said.

The shooting was probably gang-related, according to the lieutenant, who said someone might be in custody as of 12:30 a.m.

Just before 12:45 a.m. Monday, another man suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen in the 9400 block of South Burnside Avenue when someone in a passing vehicle opened fire on him. The man, whose age is unknown, is in "stable" condition at Roseland Community Hospital, Henry said.