16-year-old girl fatally shot, 15-year-old girl wounded while walking to Englewood party

A 16-year-old girl was killed and a 15-year-old girl was grazed while walking to a party in Englewood on the South Side Monday night.

The 15-year-old told officers that a group of friends, including the 16-year-old, had come into the city from the south suburbs to attend a party, according to the police report.

They were walking from the Red Line to the 300 block of West 72nd Street around 10 p.m. when someone confronted them and asked what were they looking at, according to the report.

The friends suddenly heard two bursts of gunfire behind them, possibly from a black car.

Responding to several ShotSpotter alerts, Englewood District police officers found the girls on the sidewalk and a large group of teens running around in the street, according to the police report.

The older girl, who has not been identified yet, suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she died, police said. The younger girl suffered a graze wound to the left arm and was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she was listed in good condition, police said.

About 25 bullet casings were recovered from two locations in the 300 block of West 72nd Street, police said.

No one was in custody.