1 Dead, 12 Wounded In Shootings Since Tuesday Morning
CHICAGO (STMW) -- A woman was killed and at least 12 other people have been injured in separate shootings across Chicago since Tuesday morning, according to police.
The fatal shooting happened about 1:50 a.m. Wednesday in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side.
The 24-year-old woman was a passenger in a vehicle in the 4500 block of North Broadway when gunfire erupted and she was struck in the head, police said.
The driver took her to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where she later died, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office could not immediately confirm the fatality.
The most recent nonfatal shooting happened about 3:25 a.m. Wednesday in the Northwest Side Belmont Cragin neighborhood. A 27-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the leg during the attack in the 2400 block of North Lamon, police said. The documented gang member declined medical attention.
Another shooting about a half-hour earlier stemmed from a domestic fight in the South Shore neighborhood. A bullet grazed a 32-year-old man's chest during the shooting about 2:50 a.m. in the 7900 block of South Constance, police said. His condition was stabilized at Stroger Hospital.
About 1:10 a.m., a 20-year-old man was shot multiple times in the Southwest Side Gage Park. He was walking in the 5000 block of South Western when he heard shots and realized he was struck, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition stabilized, Greer said.
In Wednesday's first shooting, an 18-year-old man was shot in the groin multiple times in the Marquette Park neighborhood. He showed up injured at Holy Cross Hospital about 12:45 a.m. after the attack, police said. The man, a documented gang member, told investigators he was in an alley in the 7100 block of South Francisco when shots rang out and he was struck. His condition was stabilized, police said.
Late Tuesday, a 15-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood. Officers found the teen about 10 p.m. with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and both legs in the 4100 block of West 16th Street, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai in critical condition, police said.
Another teenage boy was shot on the West Side less than an hour earlier, in the Austin neighborhood. The 17-year-old was getting into a car about 9:20 p.m. in the 6000 block of West Wabansia when he heard shots and realized he had been struck in the right shoulder, police said. His condition was stabilized at Mount Sinai.
Two 28-year-old men showed up at hospitals after separate South Side shootings Tuesday evening.
About 7:40 p.m., one man took himself to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center with a gunshot wound to his leg, police said. He told investigators the attack happened in the 7300 block of South Halsted, where he heard shots and felt pain. His condition had stabilized.
About 6:30 p.m., another man walked into Roseland Community Hospital, saying he had been shot in the leg in the 5900 block of South Calumet, police said. His condition also stabilized.
Three shootings happened within 40 minutes of each other Tuesday afternoon on the South and Southwest sides.
At 3:15 p.m., a 24-year-old man was shot in an Englewood road rage incident, police said. He was driving when he got into a dispute with another driver who followed him in a vehicle to the 6800 block of South Sangamon. Someone in the other car opened fire, striking the 24-year-old in the buttocks and left knee, police said. He was taken to Holy Cross, where his condition stabilized.
At 2:40 p.m., a 23-year-old man was shot in Brighton Park. Someone broke the window of his home and he saw a beige car drive away down his block, police said. He gathered some friends, and they found the car in the 4400 block of South Talman. When the 23-year-old walked up to the vehicle, someone inside shot him in the leg, police said. His condition was stabilized at Mount Sinai
About the same time, a 27-year-old man was shot in a possible drive-by attack in Gage Park. It happened at 2:40 p.m. in the 5900 block of South Western, and his condition was stabilized at Holy Cross, police said.
Tuesday's first shooting happened about 9:30 am. in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. A 45-year-old man was in a vehicle in the 600 block of North Drake when someone fired shots from another vehicle, striking him three times in his shoulder and ankle, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai in good condition.
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