By Michael O’Brien and Cindy Hernandez
Police tape outside Mount Carmel High School, 6410 S. Dante Ave., Friday night. Officers had responded after shots were fired following a football game between Morgan Park and Mount Carmel.
Two teens were in the 6300 block of South Blackstone around 10:15 p.m. Friday when they were wounded by gunfire, Chicago police said.
The incident occurred near Mount Carmel High School, not long after a football game between Mount Carmel and Morgan Park High School.
Morgan Park coach Chris James and his team were heading to their bus after their game at Mount Carmel High School when they heard the gunshots.
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen and was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition, police said. A girl, 16, was struck in the foot and was transported to the same hospital. She was in good condition.
“We were walking in the other direction but you could see everyone running,” James said.
One witness saw two gunmen fleeing the scene near the high school, at 6410 S. Dante Ave.
“They were running right past my car,” said the witness, a journalist there to cover the game.
“I closed my computer so they wouldn’t see the light. There’s a stretcher out now and the streets are blocked off.”
Mount Carmel, the top-ranked high school football team in the area, beat Morgan Park 22-12. The shots were heard about 35 minutes after the game ended, according to James.
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