4 Killed, 10 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
(STMW) -- Four people were killed and at least 10 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday on the Near West Side.
A 21-year-old man showed up with a gunshot wound at Stroger Hospital about 11:15 a.m. after being shot in the 2100 block of West Warren, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
He was pronounced dead there at 12:10 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office. His name was withheld pending notification of family.
Saturday evening, a man was found shot to death in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
Officers responding to a call of a shots fired about 6:50 p.m. in the 9600 block of South Green found 18-year-old Bernard Pippen lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the neck, authorities said.
Pippen, of the 11000 block of South State, was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:10 p.m., authorities said. Police said "persons of interest" were being questioned in connection with the shooting.
Earlier Saturday, a 24-year-old man was shot to death Saturday afternoon in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
About 12:45 p.m., Cornelius Hunter was in a vehicle in the 1200 block of South Pulaski when occupants of another vehicle fired shots in his direction, authorities said. He was shot in the chest and leg, crashed his vehicle, then walked into a nearby business where someone called authorities, police said.
Hunter, of the 1700 block of North Luna, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:26 p.m., authorities said.
Friday evening in the Gage Park neighborhood, a 17-year-old boy was shot to death.
Walter L. Wright was in the 5800 block of South Western about 7:30 p.m. when a gunman walked up and shot him in the chest, according to police and the medical examiner's office.
Wright, of the 5300 block of South May, was taken to Mount Sinai, where he was pronounced dead at 8:09 p.m., authorities said.
The most recent nonfatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
A 17-year-old boy was standing on a corner about 1:45 p.m. in the 2600 block of West 63rd Street when a black vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai in good condition with a gunshot wound to the buttocks
At least nine other people have been wounded in separate shootings since 7:25 p.m. Friday.
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