Student shot near Mather High School on Chicago's North Side
A student at Stephen Tyng Mather High School was shot and wounded alongside the park adjacent to the school in Chicago's West Ridge community Tuesday afternoon.
At 3:19 p.m., the 17-year-old boy was inside a vehicle in the 5900 block of North California Avenue, just south of Peterson Avenue, when someone approached and shot him, police said.
The victim was taken to NorthShore Evanston Hospital in good condition, police said.
The office of Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th) said Lincoln District police have confirmed the victim was a Mather High School student.
A student, Yareli Urena, told CBS News she was at her locker when she heard students running into the building. While she said at first the news sounded like it could have been a "joke," she quickly learned someone had, in fact, been shot.
"We all got so scared," Urena said. "A lot of people started calling their parents."
Mather Park is located on the west side of the block of California Avenue where the shooting happened. Basketball courts and other athletic spaces for the park are located along California Avenue at Thorndale Avenue.
Vasquez reported the Chicago Public Schools crisis team would be on site Wednesday to support Mather students, and Chicago Police will be present at school dismissal time until further notice.
Officers will be at the school.
Belmont Area detectives are investigating the shooting.
