Chicago crime: 2 women shot while sitting in car on West Side, police say

CHICAGO - Two women were shot and injured while sitting inside a car on the city’s West Side late Friday night.

What we know:

Officers responded to the 700 block of N. Avers Ave. a little before 9 p.m., according to the Chicago Police Department.

The two victims, a 32-year-old woman and a 31-year-old woman, were sitting inside a gray car when they heard gunshots and realized they had been shot, police said.

The 32-year-old was shot in the leg. She was taken by paramedics to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.

The 31-year-old was shot twice in the chest and twice in the arm. She was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in fair condition.

Area detectives are investigating the shooting.