From MyFoxChicago: Five people were killed and at least 31 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening.
The weekend’s latest homicide happened early Sunday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Latrell Gipson, 27, was walking on the sidewalk about 1 a.m. when he heard shots and felt pain, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Gipson was shot in the head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:10 a.m., authorities said.
About 7:15 p.m. Saturday, a 21-year-old man was shot to death in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side. He was sitting in a parked vehicle when a black SUV pulled up to him and someone inside opened fire, hitting him multiple times, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he later died. The medical examiner’s office has not released his name.
Early Saturday, a melee in the Austin neighborhood left a woman dead and three others injured on the West Side. The four got into a fight with another group of women about 3:20 a.m. in the first block of North Leclaire, and 27-year-old Marteace Rhone was shot in the head, authorities said. Rhone, of the 300 block of North Lotus, was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:30 a.m.
Additionally, a 21-year-old woman was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the ear. One 28-year-old woman who was stabbed in the wrist and arm took herself to Rush Oak Park Hospital, and another stabbed in the hand showed up at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. Their conditions stabilized, police said.
Friday evening, a 21-year-old man was shot to death in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. About 7:15 p.m., Ural J. Durant was standing near a parked SUV when two people walked out of a gangway and started shooting at the vehicle, authorities said. Durant, whose home address was unknown, was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene at 7:44 p.m.
The weekend’s first homicide happened about 5:45 p.m. Friday in Chatham on the South Side. Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 700 block of East 82nd Street found 17-year-old De’Near Dashaun Scott lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the chest, authorities said. Scott, of the 6800 block of South Aberdeen, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m.
The most recent nonfatal shooting happened about 4:30 a.m. Sunday on the Near West Side. A 31-year-old was shot in the left leg in the 2600 block of West Madison, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
About 30 minutes earlier, a 20-year-old woman was seriously wounded in a shooting in the West Ridge neighborhood on the Northwest Side. She was walking at about 4 a.m. when three males started chasing her, police said. She then ran into her apartment, at which point one of the males fired several shots through her doorway. She suffered a gunshot wound to the neck and was taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston in serious condition.
At least 28 more people have been wounded in other shootings across the city since 7:30 p.m. Friday.
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