2 wounded in Rogers Park shooting

Two teens were wounded Wednesday night in a drive-by shooting on the Far North Side in the city's Rogers Park neighborhood, officials said.

The shooting happened about 7:48 p.m. in an alley on the 6600 block of North Newgard Avenue, said Police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien.

Preliminary reports said that two 15-year-old boys were standing near the alley when the occupants of a passing car shouted gang slogans at them and then opened fire.
Both victims were taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, where each was treated for a gunshot wound to the leg, police said.
Police hadn't located the shooters, who fled the scene.
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