Police: 6 Killed, 30 Wounded In Labor Day Weekend Shootings
(STMW) -- Six people were killed and at least 30 have been wounded in shootings across Chicago this Labor Day weekend.
The most recent homicide happened Sunday morning in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.
Officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 7200 block of South Green at 7:45 a.m. and found two people shot, according to Chicago Police.
A 20-year-old woman was shot in the abdomen and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Her name was withheld Sunday night pending family notification.
A 34-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken in good condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
A few hours earlier, one man was killed and another injured in a shooting on the Near West Side.
The men were standing outside about 2:30 a.m. in the 1100 block of West Randolph when a black van pulled up and someone inside opened fire, police said.
Lavell Southern, 23, was shot multiple times in the back and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:02 a.m., authorities said. He lived in the 8800 block of South Bennett.
The other man, 24, suffered a gunshot wound to the upper left arm and was also taken to Stroger, where his condition stabilized, police said.
About an hour earlier, a woman was shot to death in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
Shaquandra Ratliff, 20, was shot in the head about 1:30 a.m. during an outdoor party in an alley in the 6100 block of South Cottage Grove, authorities said.
Ratliff, who lived in the 6800 block of South Morgan, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 2:29 a.m., authorities said.
Late Friday, two fatal drive-by attacks happened within 20 minutes of each other on the Southwest and West sides.
About 11:40 p.m. in North Lawndale, 22-year-old Jamaal Barney was standing on a sidewalk in the 1800 block of South Drake when a gold SUV drove by and someone inside opened fire, authorities said.
Barney, of the 1600 block of South Central Park, suffered gunshot wounds to the chest, abdomen and legs, authorities said. He taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:19 a.m. Saturday.
About 11:20 p.m. in North Austin, three men were standing on the sidewalk in the 1600 block of North Mayfield when someone in a passing vehicle shot them, police said.
Leonard J. Williams-Tate, 31, was shot in his right side and taken to Mount Sinai, where he died at 4:10 a.m. Saturday, according to the medical examiner's office. Williams-Tate lived in the 5100 block of West Wabansia.
The two others, 33 and 28, were each shot in the right leg and taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood and West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, respectively. Their conditions stabilized, police said.
The weekend's first homicide also occurred in the North Lawndale neighborhood.
A 35-year-old man was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 1100 block of South Richmond at 8:20 p.m. Friday when someone walked up to the car and shot him. A friend drove him to Mount Sinai, where he was later pronounced dead. The medical examiner's office confirmed the death but his name still was being withheld Sunday night.
The most recent non-fatal shooting happened early Monday in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
A 38-year-old man was sitting in a parked vehicle in an alley in the 3000 block of North Kilpatrick about 2 a.m. when a male exited from a black SUV nearby and fired shots, police said. The man suffered gunshot wounds to the back of the head and left shoulder and was taken in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
About an hour earlier, a man was shot and seriously wounded in the South Shore neighborhood.
The man, 25, was standing on the sidewalk in the 7500 block of South South Shore about 12:55 a.m. when two males walked up and opened fire, police said. He was shot in the chest, left arm and both legs and was taken in serious condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
At least 24 other people have been shot in separate attacks since 4 p.m. Friday.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2015. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
