At least 13 people -- including three children -- were shot in a drive-by shooting Monday night at a busy corner in Chicago where people had gathered for a vigil, and investigators are trying to find the shooters, police said.
Two people traveling in a dark SUV opened fire on Halloween night at people on the corner of California Avenue and Polk Street around 9:30 p.m. before the vehicle was driven away, police said.
A 14th person -- a woman -- suffered scrapes when a vehicle struck her as she tried to flee from the site, police said.
A 3-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were among those shot, police said. Victims were taken to hospitals in conditions ranging from critical to non-life-threatening, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said.
The vigil was unrelated to the shooting, police said in a news release without mentioning further details on a motive. People not involved in the vigil may have been at the corner at the time, Brown said.
"There may have also been others gathered for other various reasons," he said. "It's a very, you know, common corner where people congregate and have different meetings and gatherings."
More than 500 mass shootings have happened in the United States so far this year, according to the non-profit . The count was at 573 as of Tuesday, an average of more than 1.8 mass shootings every day, says the group, which like CNN defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter.
Also Monday night, a person was killed and as many as six others injured in a , police said. As many as 100 high school-aged students were at the home when the gunfire erupted.
Video of the Chicago shooting scene obtained by investigators shows the violence unfolded in a matter of seconds, Brown said.
Brown encouraged anyone with knowledge of the incident to contact law enforcement or leave an anonymous tip with .
Chicago police early Tuesday revised the number of people shot to 13 after saying 14 had been shot.
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