6 Dead, 39 Wounded In Mother's Day Weekend Shootings
(STMW) --Six men were killed and at least 39 other people have been wounded in shootings across the city over Mother's Day weekend.
The latest homicide happened Sunday morning in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side.
Kourtney Young, 21, suffered multiple gunshot wounds about 8:45 a.m. in the 7600 block of South Prairie and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:35 a.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Young lived in the 7300 block of South King Drive, authorities said. Police did not immediately have details on the circumstances of the shooting.
Earlier Sunday, a 35-year-old man was shot to death while riding in a car on Lake Shore Drive on the North Side.
Officers responded at 5:08 a.m. to a crash in the northbound lanes near Foster and found Keon Lewis in the back seat with a gunshot wound to the lower back. He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and later died, authorities said.
Lewis, whose home address was unknown, had been riding in the car with two other people when another vehicle pulled alongside them and someone inside it opened fire, authorities said. He was the only person shot.
Late Saturday, a 26-year-old man was found fatally shot in Austin on the West Side.
A call of a person shot in the 400 block of South Cicero came in at 10:50 p.m. and officers discovered him on a sidewalk with a shoulder wound. He later died at Loretto Hospital, police said. The medical examiner's office has not released his name.
Another Saturday night shooting left a 58-year-old man dead while sitting at the kitchen table of his Archer Heights neighborhood home on the Southwest Side.
Gunshots tore through the front door of Andres Rivera's home in the 5200 block of South Kolin and struck him in the head, authorities said. He died at the scene.
A police source said the shooting possibly was gang-related, but it was not clear if the man was the intended target.
Early Saturday, a 30-year-old man was gunned down inside a car in Englewood on the South Side.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 1:40 a.m. in the 7400 block of South Union found him inside the vehicle with a chest wound, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he later died. Authorities have not released his name.
The weekend's first fatal shooting happened Friday night in Greater Grand Crossing, where a man was killed and two others were wounded on the South Side.
They were at a party outside in the 7600 block of South Maryland when someone drove past and opened fire about 8:10 p.m., police said.
Terrell Berkhart, 29, was shot in the abdomen and taken to Christ Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:53 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 9200 block of South Dobson.
Another man, 26, was shot in the hand and taken to the same hospital. The third man, 40, was shot in the back and taken to Jackson Park Hospital. Their conditions stabilized, police said.
The most recent nonfatal shooting happened Sunday afternoon in Austin.
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the right leg at 12:51 p.m. in the 5000 block of West Erie and taken in serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital. Police said he wasn't cooperating with the investigation.
At least 36 more people have been wounded in other shootings across Chicago since Friday night.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2016. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
