Chicago, June 13

One person was killed and nine others injured during a mass shooting in the US city of Chicago, the police said.

The incident took place shortly after 2 am, on Saturday in the 7500-block of South Prairie Avenue, after two men approached a group of people standing on the sidewalk and opened fire, Xinhua news agency quoted the police as saying later in the day.

A 29-year-old woman was shot in the leg and abdomen and was pronounced dead at the hospital, the police said. Nine others injured were taken to area hospitals. An investigation into the incident is under way and there have been no arrests so far. More than 1,500 persons have been shot in Chicago so far in 2021. —IANS