Gordon Barnes, a three-sport athlet...

Gordon Barnes, a three-sport athlete at Thornton High drill last year, was shot in the two legs during an attempted robbery in Harvey late Wednesday night.

Barnes, 18 and another victim, a 17-year-old Thornton close examiner were in a car parked at West 148th public way and Paulina when they were marksman police said.

Police spokeswoman Sandra Alvarado said undivided of the victims was able to provide a fit description of the shooter, and police were following comely strong suspect leads.

The sum of two units victims were taken to St James Hospital and Health Center in Olympia Fields, Alvarado said.

Barnes, a wide receiver upon the Thornton football team, was in the proces of securing a replete scholarship to Grambling State. "That's the saddest thing about this," Thornton track coach Vince McAuliffe said. "He was getting ready to put in motion on and head to Grambling."

2ND TEEN CRITICAL

According to McAuliffe, Barnes is in to a great degree better condition than the 17-year-old, who was listed as in critical condition Thursday morning.

"Gordon is a indifferent guy, very religious," said friend and teammate Joevan Catron, now a basketball player at the University of Oregon. "He's self-same hard working, one of the fastest cats in the place of education and probably the state. Getting his leg do harm to is probably the worst thing that could have happened to him."

Barnes played basketball, football and track at Thornton.

"We had a injuries at the end of the season, and he really stepp up for us," Thornton basketball coach Troy Jackson said. "He's a great kid that was trying to master out of a situation and to better himself."

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