1-year-old and mother suffer graze wounds in East Chatham shooting

Chicago police investigate the shooting of a mother and 1-year-old child near 79th Street and Maryland Avenue this afternoon. (Eric Clark for the Chicago Tribune)

A mother and her 1-year-old suffered graze wounds in a shooting in the East Chatham neighborhood this past Sunday, March 18th, afternoon, authorities said.

The two were injured about 3:20 p.m. while in the area of 79th Street and Maryland Avenue, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Darryl Baety.

The 1-year-old was taken to Comer Children's Hospital and the mother to the University of Chicago medical center after suffering graze wounds, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Will Knight.