3 shot in drive-by shooting while attending funeral on Far South Side, Chicago police say

The victims had been attending a funeral on the Common Group Missionary Baptist Church within the 100-block of East 108th Road within the metropolis’s Roseland neighborhood.

Whereas standing outdoors, a gray-colored sedan drove by round 2:30 p.m. and somebody contained in the automobile fired photographs, hanging the victims, police mentioned.

A 20-year-old man was shot within the stomach, shoulder and leg. He was transported to Roseland Hospital in good situation. A 37-year-old man was shot within the higher proper thigh and likewise transported to Roseland Hospital in good situation. A 25-year-old man was shot within the higher again and transported to Christ Hospital in good situation, officers mentioned.

It was a funeral for a well known neighborhood determine, who individuals attending mentioned did work with the City League Membership.

Kareem Home mentioned he was on the town from California for the funeral of his cousin, Mike Nash, when the household was gathering to take a gaggle picture. As they had been posing, photographs rang out, Home mentioned.

“We’re not even from over right here, we do not know what is going on on,” he mentioned.

He was grazed on the abdomen, Home mentioned, lifting up his shirt to disclose a minor graze wound within the middle of his stomach. It wasn’t extreme sufficient to require medical consideration, he mentioned.

Nash was a “good man” who died of a coronary heart assault, Home mentioned. He labored as an anti-violence activist.

Youngsters had been additionally right here on the funeral on the time of the taking pictures and had been being ushered out of the church by police when ABC7 information crews confirmed up.

Nobody was in custody and space detectives are investigating, police mentioned.

Police have sectioned off at the very least a one-block radius of the realm.

Nobody is in custody and Space Two detectives are investigating.

The Solar-Occasions Media Report contributed to this put up.