Eight people—four men and four women—were shot around 2 p.m. Monday afternoon​ in the house at 3511 W. 59th St. in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

CHICAGO -- Eight people were shot, three of them fatally, when gunfire erupted Monday during a house party in Chicago, sending screaming people fleeing from the home, authorities and a witness said.

A shooting at a house party in Chicago's southwest side left three dead and five wounded on Monday afternoon, police confirmed.

An emergency assistance center has been set up for victims, witnesses, and families after the shooting in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood this past Monday. Shardaa Gray reports.

A shooting incident during a house party in Chicago on Monday ended with eight people shot, three of them fatally. Chicago Police Chief of Patrol Jon Hein said the attack unfolded around 2:10pm in the southwest neighborhood of Chicago Lawn.