A teenager was shot in the foot at Scoville Park just after 7 p.m. April 30.
The teenager was transported to Loyola University Medical Center, but has non-life -threatening injuries, according to Dan Yopchick, the village’s chief communications officer. The victim was no longer hospitalized as of May 6, Yopchick said.
The Oak Park Fire Department and Oak Park Police Department responded to the incident at 7:03 p.m. The teenage victim was found in the entry of the Oak Park Public Library with a gunshot wound in his left foot.
Two shell casings were recovered from the scene in the area between Scoville Park and the OPPL.
A man who lives on Lake Street, across from the OPPL, said he heard one gunshot. He declined to give his name.
Responding officers reported about 20 to 30 juvenile individuals in Scoville Park when they arrived, Yopchick said, and there seemed to be an ongoing dispute between two groups of juveniles.
“Police believe that this was a targeted offense, however the victim was not the intended target,” Yopchick told Wednesday Journal.
No one is in custody, he said.
The OPPL at 834 Lake St. closed about 90 minutes early.
Police removed yellow crime tape cordoning off the area roughly an hour later. The Oak Park Police Department is continuing to investigate the incident, Yopchick said.
Bob Skolnik contributed to this report.
