Two men wounded in East Garfield Park shooting

Sun-Times Wire

Two men were wounded in an East Garfield Park neighborhood shooting early Monday on the West Side.

The men, ages 27 and 30, were driving north about 2 a.m. in the 400 block of North Sacramento when a black vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police.

The younger man was shot in the forehead and the older man suffered a graze wound to the left shoulder, police said. They drove to Norwegian American Hospital, where both of their conditions were stabilized.

Driver shot in East Garfield Park

Sun-Times Wire.

A man was shot while driving early Friday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

Another car, a blue four-door, pulled up alongside the 22-year-old about 1 a.m. in the 3000 block of West Van Buren, and someone inside it opened fire, according to Chicago Police.

The man was hit in the arm, and he kept driving to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

The shooting was thought to be gang-related.

Investigation underway on fire at East Garfield Park strip mall

CHICAGO -- Firefighters put out a fire Tuesday morning at the scene of a strip mall fire on Chicago's West Side that destroyed several businesses Monday night.

Due to the intensity of the fire, more than 150 firefighters were called to the scene. They tried to get inside, but were forced back out.

The fire was struck out by around 10 p.m. Two firefighters were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. They are expected to be okay.

"When they realized it was lightweight construction and the fire is aggressively gaining momentum, they back out. Lightweight construction will fail very quickly," said Michael Carbone, Assistant Fire Chief, Chicago Fire Department.

Investigators are looking into how the fire started.