7 Killed, 52 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
Sunday night, two separate Austin neighborhood shootings left two men killed and two men wounded on the West Side.
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Sunday night, two separate Austin neighborhood shootings left two men killed and two men wounded on the West Side.
The weekend's latest homicide happened Sunday morning in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
An investigation into an illegal weapons operation in the Austin neighborhood ended with a Chicago police officer shooting a man in the arm and leg.
The most recent homicide happened early Sunday in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side.
The men, ages 32, 51 and 52, were involved in a fight about 11:45 p.m. when they were stabbed in the 800 block of North Lavergne, according to Chicago Police. A 28-year-old man was also struck in the head with a bottle during the incident.
The latest shooting happened about 10:50 p.m. in the University Village neighborhood on the Near West Side.
The latest homicide happened Sunday evening in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side, according to Chicago Police.
The most recent fatal shooting was late Saturday, when a man was killed and a teenager was wounded in the Englewood neighborhood.
Police are cautioning Austin neighborhood residents after two people were robbed in recent weeks by men carrying an "assault type" rifle.
Most recently, a man was killed and another was critically wounded in the Far South Side Fernwood neighborhood.
A woman was killed on her birthday in a mass shooting that left four other people injured about 9:45 p.m. in the 9500 block of South Loomis in Washington Heights on the Far South Side.
The most recent shooting happened late Wednesday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
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A 4-year-old boy and a 28-year-old woman were wounded in a Woodlawn neighborhood shooting at 9:10 p.m. on the South Side.
About 11:25 p.m., a 41-year-old man was killed and a woman was injured in a drive-by shooting during a barbecue in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday morning in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
The most recent fatal attack happened in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. Officers responding to a call of shots fired at 5:08 a.m. in the 900 block of North Massasoit found a man unresponsive in the driver seat of a car with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Most recently, a 21-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks in an Austin neighborhood drive-by shooting on the West Side.
In the most recent fatal shooting, a 33-year-old man was in a vehicle about 8:20 p.m. traveling southbound in the 7600 block of South Eggleston in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood when another vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire, according to from Chicago Police.
Most recently, a man and woman were found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide Saturday morning in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Officers received a call of shots fired in the 4800 block of West Monroe in Austin just before 5:30 a.m. Saturday and found a 23-year-old man lying face down, police said. He was shot several times and was dead at the scene.
A 19-year old man was shot during an armed robbery in the Austin neighborhood.
A 22-year-old man was shot to death about 7 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
The 35-year-old was standing on the sidewalk about 3:40 a.m. in the 4900 block of West Huron when two males walked up, one of whom pulled out a gun and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
The 33-year-old was standing on the street in the 1100 block of North Leclaire about 2:30 a.m. when someone walked up and fired shots at him, according to Chicago Police.
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The victim suffered trauma to the body and was taken to Mt. Sinai, where he was pronounced dead.
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Chicago police said that during the argument, the driver drove onto the curb, hitting the victim before leaving the scene early Saturday morning.
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