CHICAGO (AP) - A drive-by shooting in Chicago wounded eight people who had been riding on a party bus, one of several shootings in the city that left at least three people dead on the same day, police said.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown on Thursday said few of the people wounded in each shooting are cooperating with police and urged community members to come forward if they know anything.
Investigators believe the shooters in each incident were targeting specific victims, though some of those hurt were bystanders including a teenage boy who was getting into a car.
"Street justice is never ending," Brown said. "The appetite for revenge is never satisfied. It only harms. It only ruins your community. And we need the community to step forward now. We are in a battle for the heart and soul of some of our communities and now is the time to speak up."
The mass shooting happened late Wednesday in Lincoln Park on the city's North Side when one or more people in an SUV fired at the group, police said. It comes amid efforts to curb rising gun violence in the city and around the U.S., including new gun trafficking strike forces in Chicago and four other cities.
Following the party bus shooting, one man was hospitalized in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said, while the other men and women who were wounded were in good, fair or serious condition.
Deputy Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said detectives believe the people on the bus were targeted but he didn't provide any specifics.