shooting was a flare-up between warring factions of the Gangster Disciples street gang

34-year-old man was shot in the chest and taken in serious-to-critical condition to Stroger Hospital. A 26-year-old man was taken to Loyola University Hospital in Maywood in serious-to-critical condition after being shot in the abdomen, Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.Two other victims were taken to hospitals in fair-to-serious condition. One of those victims, a 24-year-old man, was shot in the chest and taken from the scene and the other was a 19-year-old man who showed up to a nearby police station wounded in the leg.Only the four men were wounded, despite early reports of more victims, police said.The shooting was an apparent flare-up between warring factions of the Gangster Disciples street gang — one whose territory is west of Ashland Avenue, the other whose turf lies to the east — Chicago police said.

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