2 persons of interest in custody after 4-year-old critically injured in McKinley Park shooting

CHICAGO (WGN) — A four-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was shot in a minivan Wednesday night in the city’s McKinley Park neighborhood.

The Chicago Police Department said a 4-year-old boy was traveling in the backseat of a minivan that was being driven southbound in the 3100 block of South Ashland Avenue by a 23-year-old man around 7:10 p.m. when an unknown vehicle pulled up behind the minivan.

According to police, someone in that unknown vehicle pulled out a gun and opened fire on the minivan. In the process, the 4-year-old boy was shot in the back. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he is listed as being in critical condition.

The 23-year-old driver, as well as two other adults and three children in the minivan, were uninjured in the shooting.

Two persons of interest were taken into custody in connection with the shooting early Thursday morning, authorities said.

If you or someone you know has information that can help lead police to an arrest and conviction in the investigation of this incident, anonymous tips can be filed online with CPD at cpdtip.org.

No other information is available at this time.