UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS
Sixteen people have been shot in attacks since Friday evening across Chicago, including a man killed on the South Side and another wounded on a Green Line train on the Near West Side.
The homicide happened about 2:15 a.m. Saturday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, where officers found a 22-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds on the street in the 5300 block of South Seeley, according to Chicago Police. He was taken to Holy Cross Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not released details about the death.
The Green Line shooting happened about 7:15 p.m. Friday when a 30-year-old man got into a fight with two people on the train as it pulled into the Ashland Station at 1601 W. Lake St. They began to tussle over a gun, which went off, hitting the 30-year-old in the shoulder, police said. He was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital. Detectives were questioning two people of interest Friday night.
The latest shooting wounded two people Saturday night on the Far South Side. The men, ages 39 and 40, were standing near a vehicle at 5:12 p.m. in the 100 block of East 105th Street when a blue sedan pulled up and someone inside opened fire, according to police. The older man suffered gunshot wounds to his chest and leg and was taken in serious condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The younger man was shot in his back and taken to Roseland Community Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
A little over an hour before, a 16-year-old boy was grazed in the arm by a bullet in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. He was walking in the 5000 block of West Harrison when a group of males walked up and at least one fired shots, police said. The boy ran to the 4700 block of West Gladys and called for an ambulance. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
Three men were wounded in an attack about 1:55 p.m. on the Near West Side. The group was walking in the 300 block of South Campbell when a silver vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, police said. The men ran into a house after the shooting and called for an ambulance. A 23-year-old was shot in the hand and foot. Another 23-year-old and a 28-year-old each suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. All were taken to Stroger Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized.
About 10 minutes earlier, a 67-year-old man was wounded in a Bronzeville neighborhood shooting on the South Side. He was walking to his vehicle in the 800 block of East 46th Street when a gray SUV pulled up and someone inside fired shots, striking him in his hip and abdomen, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
In another South Side shooting, a 27-year-old woman was shot about 9:25 a.m. in a parking lot in the 2900 block of South Dearborn near the Dearborn Homes public housing complex, police said. A 27-year-old man tried to talk to her, and when she refused, he pulled pulled out a gun and shot her in the right shoulder and left hip. He ran away but was caught by police a “short distance away.” The woman was taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition was stabilized. The man was in police custody and charges against him were pending Saturday afternoon. A police source said the man and woman had a previous romantic involvement.
A 23-year-old man was wounded when the person he was trying to rob took his gun from him and shot him in the South Side Gresham neighborhood. The turn of events happened when he walked up to a female, whose age was unknown, and announced a robbery about 6:15 a.m. in the 8000 block of South Ashland, according to police.
She wrestled the gun away from him and shot him in the hand, police said. He ran away but was soon caught by officers. He was treated at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was listed in good condition. Charges against him were pending. The robbery victim was not injured.
About 3:30 a.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood. He was walking along the 2200 block of West 21st Street when shots rang out, hitting him in the thumb, police said. He was in good condition at Stroger.
Just after 2 a.m. in South Chicago, a 41-year-old woman was sitting outside in the 8600 block of South Kingston when she was shot in the shoulder, police said. She was taken to Trinity Hospital in good condition.
About 9 p.m. Friday, a 24-year-old man was in a Lawndale neighborhood alley off the 1200 block of South Avers when someone in a dark-colored car shot him in the buttocks, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
A little over an hour earlier, someone shot a 23-year-old man in the abdomen in Gresham’s 8800 block of South Eggleston, police said. He was in critical condition at Christ Medical Center.
The first shooting of the weekend happened about 4:30 p.m. in West Englewood. Someone in a passing vehicle shot at a group standing in the 6400 block of South Honore, but instead the gunfire hit a 29-year-old man in the buttocks nearby, police said. The man, who wasn’t the target, was in good condition at Holy Cross.