Police: 8 Killed, 26 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Eight people were killed and at least 26 more have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday night.
The weekend's latest homicide happened early Sunday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said.
Officers responding at 5:11 a.m. to a call of a person down in the 5200 block of West Ferdinand found the male lying on the ground, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to Chicago Police. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
About two hours earlier, a 31-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday morning on the Near West Side, police said.
The 31-year-old was found on the sidewalk at 3:30 a.m. just south of the entrance to Touhy-Herbert Park in the 2100 block of West Adams Street, police said. The shooting occurred a half block west of Chicago Bulls College Prep. He suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
At 2:18 a.m., another 31-year-old man was shot to death in a separate Austin neighborhood attack, police said.
He was shot in the back in the 5000 block of West Van Buren, police said. The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Additional information was not available.
The Cook County medical examiner's office could not immediately confirm any of those fatalities Sunday morning.
Earlier Sunday, one man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting in the Wrightwood neighborhood on the South Side.
The men — ages 19 and 20 — were sitting outside a home at 12:04 a.m. in the 2900 block of West 82nd Street when a male approached and began shooting, according to police and the medical examiner's office. The 19-year-old was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 12:45 a.m., authorities said. The 20-year-old was shot in the arm and chest and taken to Christ Medical Center in serious condition.
Just after 1 p.m. Saturday, a 27-year-old man was killed and a 10-year-old boy wounded in a shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
Yanong Woods was standing outside in the 3800 block of West Madison when a gunman walked up and shot him in the chest, knee and thigh, authorities said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he later died. His home address was not known. The 10-year-old boy was grazed in the shooting and taken to Stroger in good condition, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Earlier Saturday, a 23-year-old man was fatally shot while driving in the West Eldson neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Abner Garcia was going south in the 5200 block of South Pulaski about 1:40 a.m. when a van pulled alongside him and someone inside it flashed gang signs, authorities said. The two began arguing until someone in the van opened a door and shot Garcia in the head. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 5:45 a.m., authorities said. Garcia lived in the 5400 block of South Luna.
Late Friday, a double shooting in the Humboldt Park neighborhood left a 30-year-old man dead on the West Side.
About 11:35 p.m., he and a 26-year-old woman were in a vehicle going east in the 3300 block of West North Avenue and, while they were stopped at a red light, another car pulled up next to them and someone shot them, police said. He was shot in the head and she in the leg. They were taken to Stroger Hospital, where the man later died. His name has not been released. The woman's condition was stabilized, police said.
The weekend's first fatal shooting happened about 10:15 p.m. Friday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
Johnathan L. Stewart, 17, was shot in the chest and right leg during a possible drive-by attack in the 700 block of West 66th Place, authorities said. The boy was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was pronounced dead 15 minutes later. Stewart lived in south suburban Country Club Hills.
The latest nonfatal shooting happened Sunday morning in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
A 27-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were sitting outside at 4:28 a.m. in the 2600 block of South Sawyer Avenue when a male approached and began shooting, police said. Both were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. The woman was shot in the neck and in critical condition. The man was shot twice in the back and in good condition. Police said the man is a documented gang member.
At least 21 more people have been shot in separate attacks across Chicago since 9 p.m. Friday.
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