MyFoxChicago: Six people were killed and at least 23 others—including a 4-year-old girl—have been wounded in shootings across Chicago this Memorial Day weekend, police said.
The girl was shot in the head and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she was in critical condition, authorities said. The teen was shot in the chest and grazed by a bullet in the neck. He was in serious condition at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
A 15-year-old girl standing on a sidewalk nearby was shot in the forehead and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition stabilized, police said. Family members said on Saturday that Jacele had been responsive following surgery.
The weekend’s three most recent fatal shootings happened within about an hour of each other in separate attacks from late Saturday into early Sunday on the South and Northwest sides.
In the West Englewood neighborhood about 12:45 a.m. Sunday, four people were denied entry to a party in the 6100 block of South Honore, police said. The four males then surrounded the party and opened fire, striking three people outside.
A 29-year-old woman shot in the chest and leg was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where she later died, police said. A 39-year-old man shot in the chest was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, and a 25-year-old man shot in the arm was taken to Holy Cross, where his condition stabilized, police said.
Minutes earlier, one man was shot dead and another wounded in South Shore. They were standing on the sidewalk in the 7900 block of South East End Avenue at 12:27 a.m. when a gunman fired shots, police said. One of them, age 32, was shot in the neck and taken to Jackson Park Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Another man, whose age was not available, was shot in the buttocks and took himself to Jackson Park, where his condition was stabilized.
About 11:45 p.m. Saturday, a man thought to be between 20 and 30 years old was discovered shot to death in the Albany Park neighborhood, police said. He was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his face in an alley and pronounced dead at the scene in the 4700 block of North Albany, police said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office could not immediately confirm those three fatalities.
Saturday afternoon, a 24-year-old man was found fatally shot in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. Charlie R. Weathers had a gunshot wound to the head when officers found him about 12:45 p.m. in the 0-100 block of North Laramie, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Weathers, of the 5000 block of West West End Avenue, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:01 p.m., authorities said.
Early Saturday morning, a 20-year-old man was found shot to death in University Village, police said. Officers responding to the 1000 block of West 14th Place about 2:10 a.m. found a 20-year-old man unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The medical examiner’s office had not confirmed the fatality as of late Saturday.
The holiday weekend’s first fatal shooting happened about 1:45 a.m. Saturday in Wicker Park. Carlos F. Marino, 34, was sitting on the front porch of a home with two other people in the 1700 block of West Pierce when someone walked up and opened fire, authorities said. Marino, who lived on the same block as the shooting, was struck in the chest and shoulder and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:34 a.m., authorities said.
The most recent nonfatal shooting happened in a possible drive-by attack about 12:35 a.m. Sunday in Roseland on the Far South Side. A 33-year-old man was in a backyard in the 200 block of West 101st Street when he “heard shots and felt pain,” police said. He was shot in the leg and taken in good condition to Roseland Community Hospital.
At least 16 other people have been wounded in separate shootings since 7:15 p.m. Friday.
Look, another fool who voted to re-elect me!
Chicago voters just re-elected Emanuel to his second term, in which he claimed he’s going to focus on troubled youth in his second term. Good luck with that.
See also:
- Another brutal weekend: 40 shot, 1 fatally, in Chicago gun violence
- Same old thing in Chicago: 2 dead, 24 wounded in weekend shootings across city
- Paging the #BlackLivesMatter crowd: 5 killed, 22 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
- What’s happening in Chicago? Same old thing: 3 killed, 14 wounded in weekend gun violence
- Another typical weekend in Chicago: 3 killed, 18 wounded in weekend shootings
- New Year: Business as Usual in Chicago…
- Chicago ends 2014 with fewer homicides, but shooting victims up 14 percent
- #BlackLivesMatter? What about blacks in Chicago? And black babies?
- This is a good weekend in Chicago: 3 dead, 11 wounded in weekend shootings
- Monday Chicago shooting report: Same story every weekend…
- Chicago gun violence: What is it going to take to get people mad? (10/6)
- Paging Emanuel, Sharpton and Jackson: Do you know what’s happening in Chicago EVERY weekend?
- A good weekend in Chicago? Less than a dozen shot (9/15)Quiz time: How many were shot in Chicago over the weekend?
DCG
