UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS
Four people have been killed, including a 15-year-old boy, and at least 29 other people have been wounded in Chicago shootings throughout the Memorial Day weekend.
The most recent shooting happened Sunday evening in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on the South Side and left an 18-year-old man dead. He was shot in the head about 5:40 p.m. in the 9800 block of South Wallace and pronounced dead at the scene, according to Chicago Police. The Cook County medical examiner’s office did not release the man’s identity Monday evening. Witnesses told police that an unknown male fired multiple shots at the man.
A 52-year-old man was killed in a domestic-related shooting Sunday afternoon in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Oscar L. Clay got into an argument with a 27-year-old man in the 1700 block of North Narragansett at 1:32 p.m. when the younger man pulled out a handgun and shot him, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Clay was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:45 p.m. The shooter is not in custody.
Earlier Sunday, two people were found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood. Tiara Goodman, 25, and 32-year-old man, whose identity has not been released, were found about 10:50 a.m. in the hallway of an apartment building in the 2900 block of South State, near the Dearborn Homes housing project, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Both had been shot in the head and were pronounced dead at the scene. A gun was recovered at the scene.
The 15-year-old boy was killed about 6:30 p.m. Sunday in a Lawndale neighborhood drive-by shooting that also left a 16-year-old girl wounded on the Southwest Side. The two teenagers were in a gangway in the 1600 block of South St. Louis when someone fired shots at them from a passing gray vehicle, police said. The boy was shot in the back and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died. His name has not yet been released. The girl suffered a graze wound to the back and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital.
At least 28 other people have been shot in Chicago since 7 p.m. Friday.
This year’s holiday weekend has been less violent than last year’s.
In 2016, 57 people were shot, four of them fatally, by Monday evening of the long holiday weekend, which is widely viewed as the unofficial start of the summer — with an accompanying surge in city gun violence. By the end of that weekend, 69 people had been shot, leaving 6 dead. Twelve people were killed and 43 wounded over 2015’s holiday.
To combat this year’s anticipated carnage, Chicago Police are flooding the streets with 1,300 extra patrol officers through early Tuesday.
That happens to be about the same number of people who have been shot in the city so far this year: 1,328, according to Chicago Sun-Times data. Of those, 225 have died.
On Sunday night into Monday morning, 30 people were arrested in an anti-violence initiative across the city, according to a statement from police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. Seven illegal guns were seized and more than 40 traffic citations were issued.
Seventy-seven people were arrested Saturday night into Sunday morning, Guglielmi said. Ten illegal guns were seized and 176 traffic citations were issued.
On Friday night, 53 people were arrested, including 30 who were arrested during pre-emptive raids. Four illegal guns were seized and more than 70 traffic citations were issued.