5 Dead, 17 Wounded In Chicago Weekend Shootings
(STMW) -- Five people have been killed and at least 17 others wounded in shootings across Chicago this weekend.
The latest homicide happened early Sunday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Perry Burrell, 26, was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 2:45 a.m. in a vehicle that had crashed into a tree in the 4500 block of West Adams, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Burrell, of the 2300 block of North Avers, was pronounced dead at the scene 10 minutes later, according to the medical examiner's office.
Saturday afternoon, a man was shot to death in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 4:50 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Union found 23-year-old Fredrick Dockery unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and neck, authorities said.
Dockery, of the 5200 block of South Union, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 5:40 p.m., authorities said.
Earlier Saturday, a 45-year-old woman was gunned down in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
About 12:30 a.m., Maria Moreno was walking with another person in the 2500 block of South Harding when she heard shots and realized she had been struck in the chest, according to police and the medical examiner's office.
She was taken to Saint Anthony Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 12:58 a.m., authorities said. Moreno lived about a half-mile away from the scene of the shooting in the 2500 block of South Kedvale.
Friday night, a 43-year-old west suburban man was fatally shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
James K. Graham was outside in the 5300 block of West North Avenue about 8:45 p.m. when a gunman walked up and started shooting, authorities said.
Graham, who lived in the 100 block of West St. Charles Road in Lombard, was shot in the head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m.
The weekend's first shooting turned fatal Friday afternoon in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Ryan Nicholson, 17, was inside a home in the 5100 block of North Austin about 3 p.m. when he was shot in the head, authorities said.
Nicholson, whose home was on the same block as the shooting, was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he died at 3:21 a.m. Saturday.
Police said the shooting stemmed from a domestic incident.
The weekend's most recent nonfatal shooting happened about 11:20 a.m. Sunday in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side.
A 22-year-old woman was shot in the back in the 6300 block of South King, police said. She took herself to University of Chicago Medical Center, but was later transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital, where her condition stabilized.
At least 16 other people have been shot in other attacks since 4 p.m. Friday.
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