Police: 5 Killed, 23 Wounded In Citywide Shootings Since Friday Evening
Five people have been killed and at least 23 others wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening, police said.
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Five people have been killed and at least 23 others wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening, police said.
A 23-year-old was shot in the head and chest in the 7600 block of South Coles Avenue around 9:20 p.m. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he later died, police said.
Will County Judge Gerald Kinney scheduled Joshua Miner's murder trial for Sept. 22 during a court appearance Thursday for Miner, 26, and Adam Landerman, 21. But the trial could be postponed if a pending evaluation of Miner's sanity at the time of the killings is not complete.
About 9:20 p.m., officers stopped a vehicle in the 600 block of West 80th Street for having a busted out rear window, police said. When the officers exited their car, the driver took off and the vehicle crashed into a light pole.
About 10:30 p.m., the man was walking in the 1700 block of West Juneway Terrace when he heard shots ring out and felt pain.
The teen was in the 7300 block of South Wolcott Avenue about 10:05 p.m. when he was shot in the back.
The two were shot about 12:23 a.m. while they sat on a porch in the 8300 block of South Anthony Avenue.
About 11:15 p.m., the teen was outside in the 4200 block of South Wells Street when someone walked emerged from an alley and opened fire, striking him in the leg.
Just before midnight, the two men were shot in the 9300 block of South Wallace.
The man, 23, suffered gunshot wounds to the head and chest about 9:20 p.m. in the 7600 block of South Coles Avenue.
The 23-year-old man was shot in the back about 7:15 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Green Street.
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