Teen Shot In South Chicago
About 2 a.m., a 17-year-old boy was walking to a store in the 2800 block of East 80th Street when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up, the driver got out and opened fire, police said.
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About 2 a.m., a 17-year-old boy was walking to a store in the 2800 block of East 80th Street when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up, the driver got out and opened fire, police said.
About 12:30 a.m., he was walking outside in the 1700 block of West 58th Street when he heard shots and realized he'd been struck in the arm and leg, police said.
About 12:10 a.m., he was walking in the 2500 block of West Lake Street when someone walked up and announced a robbery, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.
The man was shot in the back at 9:50 p.m. in the 600 block of West 127th Street, police said, citing preliminary information.
The man was in the 2400 block of South Washtenaw Avenue at 8:35 p.m. when someone in a passing four-door vehicle fired shots, striking him in the left leg, police said. The vehicle then drove west.
The man was shot in the 1100 block of Peach Tree Lane at 6 p.m., Elgin police said in a statement.
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About 11 p.m., the teen and a 20-year-old man were in the 6400 block of South Justine Street when a male got out of a passing white Cadillac and shot them, police said. The model of the vehicle was not immediately known.
About 11 p.m., the two were in the 6400 block of South Justine Street when a male got out of a passing white Cadillac and shot them, police said. The model of the vehicle was not immediately known.
In the most recent fatal incident, a man and a woman were killed in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. About 6:55 p.m., officers responding to a call of a person shot in the 500 block of West 109th found both outside, police said.
About 1:10 a.m., the teen was standing on the sidewalk in the 3300 block of West Lexington Street when someone in a passing dark-colored sedan shot him in the abdomen, arm and hip, police said.
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About 6:55 p.m., officers responding to a call of a person shot in the 500 block of West 109th Street found the two people outside, police said.
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