UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS
Five men have been killed and at least 37 other people have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening.
With temperatures pushing into the 90s, 30 people were shot in less than 9 hours from Saturday evening to Sunday morning. The weekend was on pace to be more deadly than last weekend, when 30 people were shot, five of them fatally.
Nine people were shot about 3:15 a.m. Sunday in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to Chicago Police. They were gathered in the 3300 block of West Douglas when a black vehicle approached and people inside fired shots.
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the buttocks; another 17-year-old boy was shot in the hand; a 22-year-old man was shot in the ankle; a 23-year-old man was shot in the back; a 29-year-old man was shot in the hip; a 30-year-old man was shot in the lower leg; a 33-year-old woman was shot in the leg; and a 35-year-old man was shot in the leg, police said. All eight victims were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized.
A ninth victim, a 26-year-old man, was shot in the leg and taken to Rush Oak Park Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
A police source said several of the victims are documented gang members and the shooting appears to be gang-related.
Another shooting happened at 5:07 a.m. in Lawndale, less than a mile from the mass shooting. Dontae Thomas, 24, was standing in the 1400 block of South Avers when someone in a white vehicle opened fire, striking him in the abdomen. He was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 7:05 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical examiner’s office.
Meanwhile, in the Loop, two men, ages 28 and 30, were involved in the argument on the Chicago Riverwalk, near Wacker and Dearborn in the Loop, shortly after 2 a.m. when shots rang out, police said. The younger man was shot in the right leg, while the older man suffered a gunshot wound to the left foot.
They were both taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized. Witnesses at the busy intersection said they heard at least three gunshots. Chicago Police could be seen investigating along the Riverwalk, underneath the Dearborn Street Bridge.
Another fatal shooting happened at 3:13 a.m. Sunday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. Three men, ages 19, 22, and 33, were standing on the sidewalk in the 5300 block of South Seeley when someone in a vehicle fired shots, striking them all. The youngest man, Ivan Gutierrez, was pronounced dead at the scene, the medical examiner’s office said. The 22-year-old was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, and the oldest man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
Less than two hours earlier, Fredrick Vasquez, 29, was killed in a Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting on the West Side. Vasquez was standing on the sidewalk at 1:28 a.m. in the 1000 block of North Monticello when someone in a gray vehicle opened fire, striking him in the chest. He was taken to Norwegian American Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:04 a.m., the medical examiner’s office said.
On Sunday evening, two boys were critically wounded in a shooting near the 31st Street Beach on the South Side. About 7 p.m., the boys, both 16, were in a “physical” fight with an unknown person in the 3100 block of South Lake Shore Drive, according to Chicago Police. The person took out a gun and shot one of the boys in the neck and the other in the legs.
They were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, police said.
This weekend’s other two fatal shootings occurred on Friday.
That evening, 21-year-old Louis Chamness was killed in a Belmont Central neighborhood shooting on the Northwest Side. He was driving in the 5700 block of West Belden when people in a dark-colored car shot him in the chest, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Chamness’ car then slammed into a parked car and flipped onto its side. Chamness lived in the Belmont Gardens neighborhood.
Late Friday afternoon, a Naperville man was gunned down in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Romaine Elkins, 18, was standing outside about 5:15 p.m. in the 1500 block of North Linder when people in a dark-colored SUV opened fire in his direction and he was shot in the chest, authorities said. After the shooting, the SUV sped west on Le Moyne and crashed into another vehicle, police said. A 71-year-old woman in the other vehicle suffered injuries in the crash, but was listed in good condition.
The weekend violence almost matched last year’s totals over the same weekend, when 7 people were killed and at least 35 others were wounded in shootings between June 10 and June 13, 2016.
At least 22 more people have been wounded in shooting across the city since 5 p.m. Friday.