14 injured in two separate Chicago shootings – NBC

Chicago police are investigating after two separate shootings took place overnight, leaving more than a dozen people injured.

In both incidents, police were responding to a call about a person with gunshot wounds when they discovered multiple victims had been shot following an exchange of gunfire between two people who had fled the scene.

The first incident happened just after midnight in the 1300 block of W. Hastings in the city's Little Italy neighborhood, police said.

Eight people, aged 18 to 74, were injured, police said.

Four people – a 74-year-old woman, a 31-year-old woman, a 23-year-old man and a 28-year-old man – were shot in the legs, police said. They were all taken to nearby hospitals and are in fair condition.

A 36-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital after being shot in the groin. His condition was listed as fair, police said.

Three other people, two 18-year-old women and a 19-year-old woman, suffered grazed injuries, police said. Each of the victims was in good condition.

No one was arrested, police said.

The second shooting happened around 1:45 a.m. in the 100 block of South Menard in the city's Austin neighborhood, police said.

Authorities said six people were shot and wounded. A 25-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital in fair condition, while the others – an 18-year-old woman, two 23-year-old men, a 20-year-old woman and a 15-year-old man – were taken to nearby hospitals in fair condition.

No one has been arrested and an investigation is ongoing, police said.

The shootings come days after another mass shooting that occurred early in the morning of the July 4 holiday in the city's Grand Crossing neighborhood.

In that incident, two adults and a child were killed and two other young children were seriously injured when several people stopped in front of a residence and began shooting into the house.

According to Don Jerome, deputy chief of Zone 1, the shooting was caused by a “personal dispute.” All of the victims were likely inside the residence at the time of the shooting, Jerome said.

“This senseless violence has to stop,” Fifth Ward Councilman Desmon Yancy said at a news conference Thursday. “Personal conflict and guns have become a bad combination. Summer is just beginning. I don’t want to stand in front of another group of microphones and have another discussion about the suffering that’s been caused in our community.”

According to police, an investigation is still ongoing.