At least 12 people were wounded in shootings across Chicago between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, according to authorities.
The most recent shooting left a 43-year-old man wounded in the South Chicago neighborhood about 6:05 a.m. Sunday. He was shot in the 8000 block of South Merrill Avenue. The man sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition, police said.
Earlier Sunday, a 20-year-old man was wounded in the South Shore neighborhood a few blocks from the Merrill Avenue shooting. A man chased him and shot him about 5:25 a.m. in the 7800 block of South Constance Avenue. When the paramedics found him, he was running toward their ambulance, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition with a back wound.
Two women were shot in the 11700 block of South La Salle Street in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side before 4 a.m. Sunday, according to police. The women did not sustain life-threatening injuries, police said, and were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center. Additional information was not immediately available.
Add a comment See all commentsA 26-year-old man was shot in the 100 block of North Wood Street in the West Town neighborhood about 2:35 a.m. Sunday. The man wasn’t cooperating with investigators. He was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County with a leg wound.
Two women were shot in an Englewood neighborhood block party about 1:55 a.m. Sunday, police said. The attack happened in the 6700 block of South Ada Street on the South Side. A 20-year-old was shot in the foot and taken to Holy Cross Hospital and a 21-year-old in the leg and taken to Mercy Hospital & Medical Center. Both are in stable condition. About an hour earlier, someone had been shot a half a block west.
A 20-year-old man is in serious condition after he was shot in the chest during a West Side robbery attempt about 1:40 a.m. Sunday. Police said two men tried to rob him at gunpoint in the 1000 block of North Monitor Street in the Austin neighborhood and tried to get him to remove his designer jeans. It’s not clear if he complied. At least one of the two opened fire, hitting the man in the chest. He was taken to Stroger hospital after first being taken to West Suburban Medical Center, police said.
A 34-year-old was shot in the arm in the Englewood neighborhood about 12:50 a.m. Sunday. He was shot in the 6800 block of South Loomis Boulevard. The man was also grazed in the head. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition, police said.
Someone shot a 20-year-old man in the leg about 11:40 p.m. Saturday in the 5900 block of South Mozart Street in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, police said. It’s the only overnight attack that police have someone in custody for. The 20-year-old was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.
A 29-year-old was shot in the leg during an exchange of gunfire about 11:10 p.m. Saturday in the 3600 block of West 56th Place in the West Elsdon neighborhood on the Southwest Side, police said. It’s not clear if the man wounded was firing a weapon or struck by one of the two people shooting at each other. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center with a leg wound.
A 31-year-old man was discovered shot in his head Saturday afternoon in the city’s Fernwood neighborhood on the South Side. The shooting happened about 3:15 p.m. on the 10000 block of South Perry Avenue, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala. According to preliminary information, the man was sitting inside a vehicle when someone approached on foot and opened fire, striking him in the head. The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition was stabilized, said Zala. Chicagotribune.com
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