A Chicago woman said she feels lucky to be alive after she and a man were shot on a CTA bus on Wednesday in Englewood.
Police said, around 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday, a 65-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man, were on a CTA bus in the 300 block of West 63rd Street, when someone on the bus opened fire, wounding both of them.
Both victims were taken to University of Chicago Medical Center. The man was listed in critical condition after he was shot in his left side between his ribs and hip.
The woman, Gwendolyn Jackson, was released after doctors treated a gunshot wound to her arm.
"It went through my jacket. I'm hit on this, my left arm," she said. "The bullet is still in there."
Jackson said she was sitting on the bus when she heard people arguing over her head, and then shots were fired.
She said she was on her way home from work, when a man on the bus refused to move over for a woman to sit down. Another man with that woman got into an argument with the first man.
"They're fighting. So by them bumping against my head, I'm trying to stand up," she said. "I felt something hit my arm. I'm like, 'I'm hit.'"
Jackson said she she's not sure if the 57-year-old man who was shot had anything at all to do with the argument.
Jackson said she's grateful to be alive. She said her doctors told her it's best not to remove the bullet, because doing so would cause more damage. If the bullet moves to the surface of her arm, that's the only time they would remove it.
