NBC Chicago: At least 22 people have been shot and several others stabbed in violent attacks across Chicago this weekend. Police said five people were fatally shot and two people were stabbed to death this weekend.
The weekend’s first homicide took place around 11:30 p.m. Friday when police found a man stabbed to death inside a home in the 5800 block of North Mobile Avenue. Officers were conducting a well-being check after neighbors reported a disturbance leading to a fight outside the home. Police arrived and found a 36-year-old man in the kitchen with multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
Around the same time, a 20-year-old man was fatally stabbed during a robbery attempt in the West Rogers Park neighborhood roughly 6.5 miles away. The man was standing near a park in the 6200 block of North Hoyne Avenue when a group of men walked up and demanded his cell phone. When the man refused, he was stabbed. The victim was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Around 3 a.m. Saturday police said a 64-year-old man was killed during an attempted robbery outside a store in the 1500 block of South Lawndale Avenue. The man was approached by two men who shot him while attempting to rob him. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Janel Sedevic.
Just after 4 a.m. Saturday, a 19-year-old man was shot in the chest in the West Town neighborhood. The teen may have been a passenger in a vehicle at the time of the shooting, which took place in the 500 block of North Bishop, police said. The teen was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, but the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed the teen died Sunday morning.
Two people were shot to death within an hour Saturday night.
Just before 9 p.m., three people were shot in the 7200 block of South Damen Avenue. A 19-year-old man was shot in the head and was initially transported to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in serious condition but was later pronounced dead, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada.
An 18-year-old woman was shot in the leg and a 22-year-old man was shot in the arm. Both were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition.
Police said the three were standing at the corner of 73rd and Damen when a black sedan pulled up and a man got out and opened fire. Area South Detectives are investigating.
A little less than one hour later, officers were patrolling the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood when they reported hearing gunshots. The officers searched the area and found a 24-year-old man on the sidewalk in the 4500 block of South Evans Avenue. The man was unresponsive at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds to his body. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Just before 4 a.m. Sunday, a security guard shot a drunken man who attacked him after being asked to leave a restaurant in the 4500 block of North Kedzie Avenue. Police said the security guard asked a 47-year-old man to leave the facility and the intoxicated man returned a short time later armed with a knife. The man confronted the guard and attacked him, police said. The guard then shot the man. The man was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center and was later pronounced dead.
At least 11 people were wounded in shootings since Friday. Three others were hurt in a stabbing in the city’s Loop early Sunday morning.
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