Chicago Weekend Shootings: 3 killed, 12 injured
CHICAGO (CBS) -- At least three people are dead and 12 others are injured following weekend shootings across the city of Chicago as of Saturday evening. The ages of the victims range from 15 to 72.
In the first shooting of the weekend a 23-year-old man was shot in the face. It happened near the alley in the 4100 block of South Archer around 7:30 p.m. Friday. The victim was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital and initially reported in critical condition.
Then Saturday afternoon a 24-year-old man was shot and killed in the 3400 block of South 24th Street. Police say he was near the sidewalk around 4:42 p.m. when he was shot in the head. He was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai.
Around that same time two people were shot at a funeral home in Gage Park. Police were questioning two people Saturday evening. It happened just before 5 p.m. at Emmanuel's Chapel.
Police say a 32-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman were shot. The man was struck in the arm and was transported to the Mount Sinai Hospital. He was initially reported in fair condition. The woman was struck in the leg, arm and side and walk transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center. She was initially reported in good condition.
Also on Saturday afternoon a security guard was left in critical condition after a shooting near the CTA Red Line. According to the Chicago Police Department, the victim, whose age is not known, was in the 0-100 block of West 79th Street around 4:25 p.m. Saturday when a male shot him in the neck and then fled from the scene.
The victim was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition. It was not immediately clear where the security guard is employed. Responding officers took a suspect into custody in an alley in the 7900 block of South Michigan Avenue.
Charges were pending Saturday night.
In other shootings from 5 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday:
- At 4:54 p.m. Saturday in the 8600 block of South Burnham, a 22-year-old man was shot in the abodmen. He was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was initially reported in good condition.
- At 7:57 p.m. Saturday in the 400 block of East 102nd St., a 27-year-old man was shot in the arm. He was transported to U of C in good condition.
- At 8:18 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of East 104th Street, a 42-year-old man was standing on the street, when two gunmen approached and demanded his belongings. One of the robbers hit the victim in the head, and the other shot him. The victim was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition with a gunshot wound to the right hip, buttocks, and left hand.
- At 10 p.m. Saturday, in the 2300 block of West Cullerton, a 15-year-old boy was standing on the sidewalk, when someone shot him. The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, and was not cooperating with investigators.
- At 10:30 p.m. Saturday, in the 6300 block of North Talman, a 42-year-old man got into an argument inside an apartment, when someone shot him several times. The victim was taken to Ascension Saint Francis Hospital in good condition.
- At 12:50 a.m. Sunday, in the 1900 block of South Paulina, a 21-year-old man was found lying on the ground with gunshot wounds to the neck and body. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- At 1:12 a.m. Sunday, in the 1600 block of East 92nd Street, a 41-year-old man was shot in the torso and forearm when a white SUV approached and someone inside started shooting. The victim was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.
- At 2:40 a.m. Sunday, in the 700 block of South Loomis, officers on patrol found a man sitting inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the back. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- At 6 a.m. Sunday in the 7000 block of West Wabansia Avenue, a 27-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the head. He self-transported to Hines Hospital, where he was listed in good condition.
- At 11 a.m. Sunday in the 3900 block of West Ogden, a 33-year-old man was in the street when he was shot in the leg by an unknown person. The victim was transported to West Suburban Hospital in good condition.
