Manhunt launched after seven teens wounded in Chicago drive-by shooting

Chicago police say they have launched a manhunt after a drive-by shooting injured seven teenagers in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Chicago police say they have launched a manhunt after a drive-by shooting injured seven teenagers in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The shooting happened in Chicago's South Side neighborhood and across the street from Chicago’s St. Sabina Church and school.

“An unknown vehicle drove by, and began firing shots at the crowd striking several victims” as officers were “trying to disperse a large gathering of people” in the city’s southeastern 6th District, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement.

Three of the victims were 17 years old, three were 18 and one 19. All suffered injuries to their legs, two were struck in the arm, one in the back and one in the buttocks, the statement said, adding that they were taken to local hospitals.

All were listed as being in “fair condition,” apart from one who was hit in the leg and the chest, whose condition was listed as “serious.”