9 Killed, 30 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Nine people were killed, including the son of a Chicago Police officer, and at least 30 more have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday night.
The weekend's latest homicide happened Sunday morning in the South Side Park Manor neighborhood.
About 9:05 a.m., a man was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds in the 6700 block of South Wabash, according to police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County medical examiner's office confirmed the fatality, but his identity remained unknown Sunday morning.
Earlier Sunday, a person was found shot to death in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
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 with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not yet been released.
About two hours earlier, a 31-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday morning on the Near West Side.
Alfonso R. Kyles was found on a sidewalk about 3 a.m. just south of the entrance to Touhy-Herbert Park in the 2100 block of West Adams Street, authorities said. Kyles, of the 4900 block of North Humboldt, suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 3:13 a.m.
At 2:18 a.m., another 31-year-old man was shot to death in a separate Austin neighborhood attack.
Antonie Johnson, 31, was shot in the back in the 5000 block of West Van Buren, authorities said. Johnson, of the 1900 block of South Homan, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:06 a.m.
Earlier Sunday, the 19-year-old son of a Chicago Police officer was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting in the Wrightwood neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Arshell Dennis III and a 20-year-old man were sitting outside a home in the 2900 block of West 82nd Street a few minutes after midnight when a gunman walked up and started shooting, authorities said.
Dennis, the son of Officer Arshell (Chico) Dennis, was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park at 12:45 a.m., authorities said. He lived on the same block where the shooting happened.
The 20-year-old was shot in the arm and chest and taken to Christ Medical Center in serious condition, police said.
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 about 2 p.m. Sunday in Roseland, where a 36-year-old man was shot in the leg in the first block of East 100th Street, police said. He was in good condition at the scene.
At least 26 more people have been shot in separate attacks across Chicago since 9 p.m. Friday.
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