At least four people have been
killed, including a mother who was shot at a family gathering, and 22
others wounded in shootings over Mother’s Day weekend.
The weekend’s latest
fatality took place around 3:40 p.m. Sunday when a teen was shot in the
left side of his chest in the 200 block of West 116th Street. The man,
whose exact age was not immediately known, was transported to Advocate
Christ Medical Center in grave condition, but he was later pronounced
dead according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. Details
surrounding the shooting were not immediately available.
Around 1:40 p.m. Saturday a 25-year-old man was killed in the 4100 block of West Adams Street.
Police
said a dark-colored minivan pulled alongside the victim and two people
exited the car and opened fire. The suspects then jumped back in their
van and fled the scene.
The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
The incident is believed to have been gang related, authorities said.
Another fatality took place just before 3:30 a.m. Saturday in the Little Village neighborhood.
Police
said a 34-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the
4100 block of West 28th Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene and
police are conducting a homicide investigation.
On Friday,
a 37-year-old woman was shot in the chest while at a family gathering
in a front yard in the Morgan Park neighborhood, police said.
The
woman was sitting in a front yard just before 8 p.m. in the 11400 block
of South Aberdeen Street after sending her niece off to prom, when
gunshots rang out and the family began to run, according to authorities.
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Moore, a single mother of three, was shot in the chest and later
pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
Police are conducting a homicide investigation.
Sixteen people were wounded in shootings since Saturday afternoon.
- Around
6:14 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in the arm in the 6700 block of
South Dorchester, police said. The man was transported to Northwestern
Memorial Hospital where his condition was not known.
- Less than
thirty minutes earlier, a man in his 20s was shot in the lower back in
the 300 block of West 115th Street. The man walked into Roseland
Community Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.
- Around
3:15 p.m., a teen girl was standing outside of a store in the 4800
block of South Loomis Boulevard with her headphones in when she felt
pain and realized she had been shot in her left foot. The teen took
herself to Mercy Hospital in good condition, police said.
- Around
1:15 p.m., a man in his 20s was shot in both legs in the 4200 block of
West Augusta Boulevard. The man was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital
in good condition, but details surrounding the shooting were not
immediately available.
- A 34-year-old woman was shot in the side
around 4:30 a.m. in the 200 block of West Garfield. The woman was
exiting a business on the block when an armed offender approached her
and shot her in the lower left side. The woman was taken to Mount Sinai
Hospital in critical condition. Area Central detectives are
investigating.
- About an hour earlier, a 26-year-old man was shot
in the eye in the 3600 block of North Ashland Avenue, in the North
Side's Lakeview neighborhood. The man was standing in line outside of a
club in the neighborhood when someone fired shots from across the
street. The man was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in stable
condition.
- Around 2:30 a.m., police shot a teen while responding
to a disturbance call in the 5400 block of West Madison Avenue.
According to a statement from police, a group was gathered on the block
and when officers arrived they saw a 17-year-old man put a handgun in
his waistband and flee the scene. Police attempted to apprehend the teen
when they claim he turned and pointed the firearm in their direction,
forcing them to fire. He was taken to an area hospital and a weapon was
recovered from the scene. The shooting is under review by the
Independent Police Review Authority.
- Thirty minutes earlier, a
27-year-old woman was shot while standing in a parking lot in the 12200
block of South Halsted Street in the West Pullman neighborhood. The
woman was transported in stable condition to Advocate Christ Medical
Center. Police said preliminary investigations indicate the woman was
not the intended target.
- Around 1:40 a.m. a 21-year-old man was
shot in an apparent drive-by shooting in the 1700 block of West 85th
Street in the Gresham neighborhood. The man was walking when a
dark-colored sedan pulled up and someone in the vehicle opened fire,
striking him in the groin and lower back. The man was taken to Advocate
Christ Medical Center in critical condition.