Police: 2 Dead, 10 Wounded In Weekend Gun Violence
(STMW) --Two people were killed — including a 15-year-old boy — and at least ten others have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday night, police said.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Saturday evening in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
Officers responding to a call of a person shot at 5:08 p.m. found an 18-year-old man unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head on a sidewalk in the 800 block of East 87th Place, police said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office could not confirm the fatality early Sunday. A police source said the shooting appears to be gang-related.
About 10:45 p.m. Friday, a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in the South Deering neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Deon Gilbert was walking in the 10400 block of South Bensley about 10:45 p.m. when a dark-colored minivan pulled up and the driver shot him in the abdomen, according to police and the medical examiner's office.
Gilbert, of the 8100 block of South Evans, was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where he later died, authorities said.
His mother, Ida Harris, said her son was shot while walking to a gas station at 103rd and Torrence with his friend, also 15. That's when a minivan pulled up and fired one shot, hitting Deon in the abdomen, Harris said.
He died on the operating table at Comer, she said.
"I'm at a loss for words," Harris, 45, said on Saturday. "This is just baffling and I want justice. I need to find out why they did this."
The two most recent shootings happened about the same time early Sunday.
A man walked into West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park with gunshot wounds to his right thigh and left ankle, police said. He is listed in good condition.
The man told police he was standing on the sidewalk in the 1600 block of North Elston about 4:30 a.m. when a black SUV drove by and someone inside opened fire.
However, police did not find a crime scene on that block. A police source said the shooting may be gang-related.
Around the same time, a man was shot in the West Pullman neighborhood.
A 33-year-old man was shot in both legs and the groin in the 12200 block of South Halsted, police said. Further details were not immediately available.
At least eight other people have been injured in separate shootings since 7:45 p.m. Friday.
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