UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS
At least 18 people have been shot across Chicago over Labor Day weekend, according to police.
The latest attack happened about 9:25 p.m. Saturday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side. A 21-year-old man was standing in front of a home in the 12400 block of South Perry when a gray Chevrolet Malibu drove by and someone inside fired shots, Chicago Police said. He was struck in the head and taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
Separate shootings left five people wounded in less than 20 minutes Saturday evening.
At 8:20 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, a 63-year-old man was shot in the back by someone who robbed a store in the 1800 block of West 47th Street, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
About the same time, a 17-year-old boy and a man were each shot in the back in the 4900 block of North Kenmore in the North Side Uptown neighborhood. They took themselves to Weiss Memorial Hospital, and their conditions were stabilized, police said.
Just after 8 p.m., a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. Someone walked up to him at a park in the 5000 block of West Hirsch and opened fire, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
About 8 p.m. in Gage Park on the Southwest Side, an 18-year-old man was shot in the right leg in the 5500 block of South Troy, police said. A family member drove him to Mount Sinai, where he was listed in good condition.
At least 12 more people have been shot in Chicago since 9 p.m. Friday. Last year, 54 people were shot over Labor Day weekend.
