At least nine people were shot Monday on the South and West sides of the city, leaving one dead, according to Chicago Police.
The homicide happened at 8:50 p.m. in the West Englewood neighborhood, where five people were shot in the 6700 block of South Winchester, police said. One was dead at the scene, and four more were taken to hospitals in serious-to-critical condition, fire officials said. Additional details were not immediately available.
About 7 p.m., someone shot a 38-year-old man in the buttocks and thigh when he refused to hand over his cash in the 700 block of North Lavergne in the South Austin neighborhood. The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition after the failed robbery, police said.
At 1:07 p.m., two men, ages 21 and 27, were shot near the former Harold L. Ickes homes in the 2600 block of South Federal, police said. They were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the younger man was in serious condition with gunshot wounds to the face and neck, and the older’s condition had been stabilized with a wound to the buttocks. Police have not released the circumstances of the shooting, but said four suspects were arrested at the scene.
Monday’s first shooting happened just after midnight in Fuller Park. A 24-year-old man was walking in the 3900 block of South Wells when to people walked up to him and one opened fire, hitting him in the hand, foot and buttocks, police said. His condition was stabilized at Stroger Hospital.
Including the Fuller Park victim, 48 people were shot over the weekend. Nine of those victims died.