O'FALLON, Ill. — A teenager was injured Monday night in a shooting in O'Fallon, Illinois.
The O'Fallon Police Department said the shooting happened around 9 Monday night in the 100 block of Countryside Lane, where two 17-year-old boys were sitting in a car parked along the road.
The teens told police two unknown suspect approached the teens' vehicle and fired several shots into their car.
One of the boys was shot in the foot. He drove himself to a local hospital for treatment of his injury and was then released from the hospital.
The other boy was uninjured.
The suspects ran away before police arrived, O'Fallon police said.
Police believe the 17-year-olds were specifically targeted by the suspects.
The motive for the shooting is not known.
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