Football game canceled after shots ring out near Bronzeville school

Such a shame that this type of mess keeps happening. A football game at Hales Franciscan High School was canceled Friday after shots rang out during a warm-up session. Three people were wounded in the shooting, which happened on the same block as the school near 50th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. A 21-year-old man is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his head. Police said the shooting was unrelated to the game. But that didn't stop players from Hansberry College Prep in Chicago and Metro-East Lutheran High School in downstate Edwardsville from calling its quits and heading home rattled.


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