3 people shot during repass service at Salvation Army center in south Chicago suburbs
BLUE ISLAND , Ill. -- Three people were shot when gunmen opened fired during a service at a Salvation Army community center in Blue Island , Illinois, Friday afternoon, a suburb of Chicago . Blue Island police said a repass service was under way at the Salvation Army Cross Generations Worship & Community Center, at 2900 W. 127th St., for a young woman who had been shot and killed earlier in the week.Around 3:30 p.m.
In the parking lot of the Salvation Army center â on Minnesota Avenue, just off Francisco Avenue â a cluster of evidence markers were seen on the pavement â along with shattered glass in the entryway.A woman who works at a nearby daycare said everyone was safe there, but she told CBS Chicago she heard as many as 10 gunshots and saw two men running down an alley trying to hide. The daycare employee said she also heard there was a car full of bullet holes on the street.
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