Updated: Four Dead, Nine Wounded In Shootings Since Friday Afternoon
Updated 7/2/11 3:51 p.m.
CHICAGO (STMW) - Four men are dead at least eight other people were wounded in shootings throughout the city Friday and Saturday.
About 2:30 p.m. Friday, police found a 21-year-old man -- identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office as David Cardine -- unresponsive in a van in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard, police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien said.
Cardine, of Lombard, was pronounced dead at 3:05 p.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the medical examiner's office.
About 11:15 p.m. Friday, a male shot two men in the 1300 block of West Hastings Street and fled south on foot, police said.
One of the men -- identified by the medical examiner's office as Javone Oliphant -- was shot multiple times, police said. The other man, 23, was shot in the buttocks and both legs and was treated and released from Stroger Hospital.
Oliphant, was pronounced dead at 12:09 a.m. at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the medical examiner's office said.
A man and a woman sitting in a vehicle in the 8500 block of South Givins Court were shot about 5:25 a.m. Saturday, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
The 25-year-old man was dead on the scene and the 34-year-old woman was taken in an unidentified condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said.
About 8:50 a.m. Saturday, a man in his 20s was shot to death in a street in the Little Village neighborhood after exchanging some words with the driver of a van.
The victim was crossing the street at 30th Street and Karlov Avenue when he and the driver of a van exchanged words, according to Mirabelli.
The driver of the van then shot the victim in the head, according to Mirabelli.
The following shootings have not involved fatalities:
• About 6:05 p.m. Friday, an 18-year-old man was shot in the 4000 block of West West End Avenue, police said. Prior to the shooting, the man was arguing about money with the gunman.
The man was taken in "stable" condition to Mount Sinai Hospital with gunshot wounds to both legs, police said.
• About 7 p.m. Friday, a 22-year-old man standing on a corner in the 7700 block of South Essex Avenue ran when he heard gunshots, but still was shot in the leg, police said. He was taken in good condition to South Shore Hospital.
• About an hour later, an 18-year-old man standing in a driveway in the 1400 block of West 61st Street was shot in the back and taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in serious condition, police said.
• An 18-year-old man standing with a "large" group of people in the 6500 block of South Campbell Avenue was shot by a gunman on a bike about 8:35 p.m. Friday, police said. He was taken in "stable" condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
• About 10:05 p.m. Friday, a man in his 20s was shot in the 3100 block of South Kedvale Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines said. Further details about the shooting were not immediately available.
• About 10 minutes later, a 17-year-old boy was standing in the street in the 1800 block of South Allport Street when a male passenger in a sport-utility vehicle yelled gang slogans and shot him, police said.
The boy was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition with gunshot wounds to the head and back, police said.
• Just before noon Saturday a young man was shot near a South Side alley.
The shooting occurred near on alley on the 1300 block of West 81st Street, according to Mirabelli.
The victim, who was believed to be between 16 and 25 years old, suffered a gunshot wound to his right side, according to police News Affairs Officer Darryl Baety. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in an unidentified condition, though according to preliminary information his condition was "stable," Mirabelli said.
Chicago Police detectives are investigating, but nobody is in custody for any of the shootings.
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