UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS
Two people were killed and at least 23 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday afternoon.
A 14-year-old boy was gunned down shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. Laquan Allen was on the sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Hubbard when someone fired shots from a passing vehicle, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Allen suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:34 p.m. He lived in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Another person was killed just before 5 p.m. Friday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. Tomorry Hill, 20, was walking in the 6600 block of South Laflin when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside shot him repeatedly, authorities said. Hill, who lived in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, died at 5:39 p.m. at Stroger Hospital.
The most recent nonfatal shooting happened about 2:45 a.m. Sunday in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. A 21-year-old man was driving north in the 7600 block of South Winchester when another vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside fired shots, police said. The man suffered gunshot wounds to the head and right leg and was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
About 1:40 a.m. Sunday in the same neighborhood, three people were in the vestibule of an apartment building in the 900 block of West 76th Street when they got into an argument with another group of people, police said. During the argument, two males pulled out guns and fired shots. A 29-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the back, while a 30-year-old woman was shot multiple times. They were both taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center. A 28-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the chest and refused medical attention.
At least 19 other people have been wounded in Chicago shootings since 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Eighteen people were shot in the city last weekend, leaving two dead. More than 680 people have been shot in Chicago so far this year, 120 fatally.