Man Shot In West Garfield Park
About 1:15 a.m., a friend of the 24-year-old man saw him lying on the sidewalk in the 4000 block of West Wilcox with multiple gunshot wounds and drove him to Mount Sinai Hospital.
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About 1:15 a.m., a friend of the 24-year-old man saw him lying on the sidewalk in the 4000 block of West Wilcox with multiple gunshot wounds and drove him to Mount Sinai Hospital.
About 6:30 p.m., a man believed to be 50 to 60 years old walked up to three children in the 5700 block of West Belden and started talking to them, police said in a community alert. The man tried to lure them with money, but the children did not talk to him and ran off "to safety," police said.
The man, 34, was sitting in a garage in the 1800 block of South Fairfield Avenue about 9:45 p.m. when a car drove by and someone inside fired at him.
The 19-year-old was in the 5700 block of South Marshfield Avenue about 2:40 p.m. when he was shot in the head, police said.
The 30-year-old was standing on the front porch of a home in the 5700 block of South Throop Street about 10:30 p.m. when he felt pain and realized he had been shot in the shoulder and leg.
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The victims – a man, two women, and a teenage girl – were standing outside a Pizza Hut in the 6700 block of South Stony Island Avenue around 10:40 p.m., when a small white car circled around them, and someone in the car opened fire.
The alleged shooter left the scene, but was apprehended by police after they stopped his vehicle. Becker said the 34-year-old Whiting man was arrested without incident.
The man, 32, was shot in the chest about 1:20 a.m. in the 6700 block of South Parnell Avenue.
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