1 Killed, 11 Wounded In Wednesday Shootings Across Chicago
An 18-year-old man was killed and at least 11 other people were wounded in shootings Wednesday on the South and West sides of the city, according to Chicago Police.
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An 18-year-old man was killed and at least 11 other people were wounded in shootings Wednesday on the South and West sides of the city, according to Chicago Police.
In the most recent homicide, a 17-year-old boy was gunned down in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
The latest homicide happened about 10:45 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, where officers responding to a call of a person shot in the 5000 block of West Concord found a 22-year-old man on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the head, according to Chicago Police.
The most recent homicide happened about 9:40 p.m. in the Marquette Park neighborhood.
The latest slaying happened about 7 p.m. in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side.
A man was shot Friday night in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
A person is in custody for the latest homicide, which happened during a domestic fight about 7:20 p.m. in the Eden Green neighborhood on the Far South Side.
The most recent fatal shooting happened about 10 p.m. in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
The most recent fatal shooting happened early Monday in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
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A 30-year-old man was fatally shot about 6:40 p.m. in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to Chicago Police.
The fire started at 1:42 a.m. in a three-story vacant building in the 4200 block of West Grenshaw and spread to a two-story building, according to Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Frank Velez.
A 17-year-old boy was gunned down shortly after 10 p.m. in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to Chicago Police.
The latest homicide happened about 10:45 p.m. Monday, when two young men were killed and three other people were wounded in Lawndale.
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Most recently, a man was grazed by a bullet about 11:10 p.m. in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side.
The most recent homicide happened at 10:11 p.m. in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
It started about 8:15 p.m. in the third floor of an apartment building in the 4000 block of West 21st Place and was extinguished in about a half-hour, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Most recently, a man was found shot to death in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side, police said.
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A 40-year-old man was killed and the girl was wounded in a shooting about 10 p.m. in the 7300 block of South University in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.
The man, thought to be in his 20s, was found at 3:57 a.m. lying on the ground unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the back in the 3800 block of West Roosevelt Road.
The 35-year-old woman was shot in the chest in the 1600 block of South Springfield about 10:45 a.m., according to Chicago Police.
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