CHICAGO (WGN) — During Sunday service at St. Sabina Church, Father Michael Pfleger and parishioners did something a little bit different.
They stepped outside of the church to pass out flyers hoping that someone will come forward with information about a shooting near the church early Saturday morning.
The flyers announced a $10,000 reward leading to an arrest in connection with shooting that injured seven young men ages 17, 18 and 19.
“What makes us Christians is not what we do in there, it’s what we do out here,” Father Pfleger said.
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.
Neighbors told WGN-TV it all started as a small after-prom gathering. Over 150 people showed up as word spread o