Aridai Castaneda was just finishing up her shift at McDonald’s on the corner of Wells and Adams streets Friday afternoon when a crowd of teenagers began fighting inside, she said.

Fights inside the Loop restaurant weren’t unusual, she said, but it was the first time one ended in gunshots.

Outside, about a block away from the Quincy CTA Station, a 14-year-old boy was wounded in the leg, according to Chicago police.

An unknown gunman opened fire toward the teen, who was standing in the 100 block of South Wells Street around 4:20 p.m., police said. The teen was transported to Lurie Children’s Hospital in stable condition, police said.

Castaneda said the fighting inside the McDonald’s started at about 3:40 p.m. “We hit the panic button,” she recalled. “It was a lot, like a huge crowd of ki

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