UPDATES WITH ADDITIONAL SHOOTINGS, ID
Three men were shot to death and at least 34 other people have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening, marking a violent first weekend of the fall season.
After the latest killing, 473 people have been shot dead in the city since the start of the year, according to data maintained by the Chicago Sun-Times. Friday marked the end of a violent summer season that left 184 people killed in city gun violence from June 21 to Sept. 21. The city has recorded at least 507 homicides so far in 2017.
A man was killed in a drive-by shooting Sunday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood, according to Chicago Police. Dashawn Townes, 34, was shot by someone in a silver sedan at 9:31 a.m. in the 900 block of North Massasoit, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Townes, who lived nearby, was struck in the neck and chest and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 10:07 a.m.
Officers responded to a call of a person shot shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday and found 33-year-old Andrew Dehart lying face down in the street in the 1500 block of South Trumbull in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Dehart had been shot in the face and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m. He lived on the same block as the shooting.
About 8:15 p.m. Friday, a 28-year-old man was fatally shot in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. He was traveling inside a vehicle in the 13700 block of South Torrence when another vehicle drove past and someone inside opened fire. The man was struck multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not yet been released.
The latest nonfatal shooting happened Sunday evening in the Fifth City neighborhood on the West Side. A 25-year-old man as sitting on a porch at 5:49 p.m. in the 3500 block of West Jackson when he heard shots and felt pain, police said. He had been shot in the left leg. He was taken in serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital. Details on the circumstances of the shooting were unknown.
At least 33 other people have been wounded in Chicago shootings since 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Last weekend, 11 people were killed and 29 others wounded in citywide attacks between Friday evening and Monday morning.