3-year-old among 13 hurt in Chicago park gun attack

A 3-year-old boy who was among 13 people wounded in a late-night attack on a south-west Chicago park was alert when he arrived at the hospital and was apparently doing well, his family and friends said.

The attack late on Thursday in the city’s Back of the Yards neighbourhood left three victims, including the boy, in critical condition. The others were reportedly in serious or fair condition.

The child’s uncle, Julian Harris, told the Chicago Sun-Times that dreadlocked men in a grey sedan shot at him on Thursday night before turning towards nearby Cornell Square Park and opening fire. He said his nephew was shot in the cheek.