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STUDENTS SHOT AT J-HUD'S OLD HIGH SCHOOL: Three males in serious condition; two in critical from shootout at Dunbar.
*Five students at Jennifer Hudson's former high school in Chicago were shot Friday in what police are calling a possible gang-related drive-by following a school basketball game, reports the Associated Press.
Five males - three in serious condition and two in critical - were rushed to the hospital from Paul Laurence Dunbar Vocational Career Academy around 8 p.m., said Chicago Fire Department spokeswoman Eve Rodriguez. Hospital spokespeople said later that at least three were expected to be treated and released.
The basketball game was in overtime and some students began to leave the building when a vehicle drove up and a person or people inside began firing into the crowd, said Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis.
At press time, no suspect had been found, but the shooting was “isolated” and possibly gang-related, Weis said. Two hundred officers were in the area looking for suspects, he said.
Andres Durbak, director of the city schools’ Office of Safety and Security, said video taken in and around the school has been handed over to authorities. Police spokeswoman Monique Bond declined to characterize the victims beyond gender and would not say whether they had attended the basketball game. She added that they were “not necessarily students.”
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