Teen shot in West Woodlawn drive-by speaks out from hospital bed
Four days after being shot in a Chicago drive-by shooting in West Woodlawn, a teen is speaking out from his hospital bed.
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Four days after being shot in a Chicago drive-by shooting in West Woodlawn, a teen is speaking out from his hospital bed.
One person is dead, and three others were hurt — including a 15-year-old boy — after three drive-by shootings across the city of Chicago within a three-hour window Sunday night.
Two women were shot when a car drove by and shot into a crowd, killing one of them, police said.
Chicago police said the women, 29 and 37, were in a parking lot with a crowd when a blue vehicle drove by, and someone from inside fired multiple shots into the crowd.
It happened early Sunday, about 28 miles west of Johannesburg. Local police said that 12 unknown suspects in a white mini-bus and a silver sedan pulled up and opened fire, shooting randomly as they fled the scene.
Two women were injured in a drive-by shooting in Chicago's South Austin neighborhood early Saturday morning.
Four people were hurt in a drive-by shooting overnight outside a bar in the Near North Side, Chicago police said.
Chicago police said the victim was in the street when an unknown vehicle approached and someone inside fired shots in his direction, hitting him in the back.
The shooting happened on Wednesday shortly after 3 p.m. in the 2600 block of West 24th Street.
Chicago police said a 23-year-old man was walking near the sidewalk in the 800 block of East 91st Street when a vehicle pulled up
Video from the scene shows bullet holes in the tow truck blocked off with police tape.
Three women and a man were struck in the shooting on Haddon Avenue.
Chicago police said officers responded to a report of a person shot and found a man and a woman in an alley who were hit by gunfire.
Chicago police said officers responded to a person shot and found a man, whose age was not released, and a 37-year-old woman in an alley who were hit by gunfire.
According to Chicago police, the man was outside, standing near the sidewalk, when two sedans approached him.
Chicago police said the teen was standing near the sidewalk when a dark-colored sedan approached and someone from inside pulled out a gun and shot at him.
The teen was hit in the shoulder and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he later died.
Chicago police said just before 2 a.m., patrolling officers were trying to disperse a large gathering in the 1200 block of West 78th Street, steps away from the church.
Father Michael Pfleger, the well-known pastor of St. Sabina, said the young people were at an after-prom gathering at a house.
The victims, a 33-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman, were standing outside when someone inside a black sedan pulled up and fired shots at them.
According to Chicago police, a 59-year-old man and a woman of unknown age were approached by someone in a black SUV, who fired multiple shots in their direction.
Chicago police said officers responded to a call of a person shot, and upon arrival, found multiple people suffering from gunshot wounds.
The teens told police two people fired shots from inside a red SUV.
Chicago police said the teen was on the sidewalk when an unknown vehicle pulled up alongside him.
Chicago police said an unknown person from inside a vehicle pulled out a firearm and fired shots at the victim, hitting him multiple times in the body.
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