Chicago police say at least 101 people have been shot, 16 fatally, in shootings across the city over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
The first fatal shooting of the weekend occurred at approximately 5:22 p.m. in Hermosa on the city’s Northwest Side. Police say a 22-year-old man was on a sidewalk in the 2700 block of N. Kilbourn when some in a light-colored vehicle came up, exited and began firing shots.
The 22-year-old was shot in the head and body and transported to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition. He was later pronounced dead.
Less than an hour later, a 20-year-old man was fatally shot in the North Lawndale neighborhood, police said. At approximately 6:30 p.m., the victim and another 20-year-old man were sitting in a vehicle in the 3900 block of West 16th Street, waiting for a light to change, when an unknown offender approached and fired shots. <\/p>\n
The first victim was shot two times in the torso and three times in the back, according to authorities. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and subsequently pronounced dead. The other victim, a passenger in the vehicle, was shot once in the leg and listed in stable condition at Stroger Hospital.
In Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, a 40-year-old man was playing music in his apartment in the 7400 block of South Emerald when a neighbor made “several complaints” about the noise, police said.
The man answered his front door at approximately 11:22 p.m. and was engaged in a verbal altercation when an unknown person produced a handgun and shot the man in the torso. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Early Saturday morning at approximately 1:23 a.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 2200 block of North Lockwood and found a 19-year-old man lying on the sidewalk unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen. He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and pronounced dead.
At approximately 4:42 a.m. Saturday, a 39-year-old man was traveling in the rear seat of a vehicle in the 4400 block of West Cermak when the back window shattered, according to police. The man was shot in the back of the head and pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital. No one has been placed in custody.
In the 10-100 block of North Menard at approximately 10:46 p.m. Saturday, two men and a woman were standing outside in the alley when a 33-year-old man began shooting at the three, police said.
A 32-year-old man was shot multiple times in the body and is listed in stable condition at Stroger Hospital. The 45-year-old woman was shot once in the head and was pronounced dead. A second man, 49, sustained one gunshot wound to the buttocks and was transported to Stroger Hospital in stable condition. A 49-year-old man who is a concealed carry holder saw the incident and fired shots at the shooter, who was hit once in the arm and once in the hip.
The man was placed in custody and transported to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, according to police.
In the 6100 block of South Wabash at approximately 1:05 a.m. Monday morning, an unknown person in a vehicle fired numerous shots at six people, according to officials.
A 21-year-old man was shot twice in the head and a 26-year-old man was shot in the torso. Both were pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
A 29-year-old woman was shot in the elbow and listed in good condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center. A girl, 12, suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks and was listed in critical condition at Comer Children’s Hospital. A 13-year-old boy was also taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the left hand.
A 34-year-old woman suffered two graze wounds to the body, but was listed in good condition and released on the scene, police said.
There is no one in custody and Area One detectives are investigating.
Just over an hour later at 2:08 a.m, two men were outside in the 1800 block of South Kildare when they were hit by gunshots from an unknown person. A man, approximately 30-years-old was hit multiple times in the body and was pronounced dead at Mt. Sinai Hospital.
The second man, 62, sustained one gunshot wound to the knee and was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in stable condition. There was no one in custody as of Monday afternoon and Area Four detectives are investigating.
At approximately 9:14 a.m. Monday morning, a 34-year-old man was found unresponsive inside a vehicle in the 3400 block of West 26th Street, police stated. The victim was driving when unknown offenders fired gunshots, causing him to become unresponsive and crash into a parked vehicle, according to police. The victim was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
On Monday evening, at approximately 5:19 p.m. in the 8600 block of South Aberdeen, a 48-year-old man was fatally shot during an argument with an unknown offender. The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the face and was pronounced dead at the scene.
At around 10 p.m. Monday, a 26-year-old man was standing outside next to a car in the 200 block of East 59th Street when someone in a passing car shot him in the chest, according to police. Officials said he got into the passenger seat of a friend’s car who then began to drive him before stopping in the 5700 block of South Calumet, where emergency personnel responded to the scene and took him to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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