CHICAGO (WGN) — Police are searching for a gunman who opened fire on a group of people gathered outside a church on the city's Far South Side early Saturday morning.

According to police, the gunfire erupted just before 2 a.m. in the 1200 block of West 78th Street in Auburn Gresham, near St. Sabina Church.

Officers on patrol in the area were initially called to the scene to disperse a large gathering of people in the area, but after they arrived, an unknown vehicle drove by and someone inside opened fire on the crowd.

In total, seven people, all males ranging in age from 17 to 19, were struck by gunfire.

Officers said 6 of the victims were hospitalized in fair condition with gunshot wounds to their backs, legs and arms, while a seventh victim was hospitalized in serious condition with a

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