1 Killed, 4 Wounded In Thursday Gun Violence Across Chicago
A 26-year-old man was gunned down at 2:42 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
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A 26-year-old man was gunned down at 2:42 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Thursday's first shooting left a 25-year-old man wounded shortly before 11 a.m. on the Near West Side.
In eight incidents, the suspects approached a victim, produced a handgun and forcibly demanded property, police said.
The weekend's latest fatal shooting happened about 7:20 p.m. Sunday in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Police say a man entered the store called Sam's Quick Stop around 11:00 a.m. to try rob it. When the suspect pulled out a weapon, the store clerk shot at the man before he got away.
A woman was robbed and shot at Wednesday afternoon in what may have been the latest in a series of robberies committed by men wearing masks on the Near West Side.
A 24-year-old man was fatally shot at 3:47 a.m. in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
The day's first shooting happened about 2:45 p.m. in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
The break-ins all happened in the 300 block of North Desplaines, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
The male died on the third rail about 8:45 p.m. in the 400 block of South Western, police said. Area North detectives are investigating.
The day's latest shooting happened shortly before 10 p.m. in the West Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side.
Tiara S. Richardson, 29, was charged with one felony count of aggravated DUI involving an accident resulting in death.
A 1992 Volvo ran a red light and was struck on the driver's side by a Dodge Charger in the 2300 block of West Van Buren Street.
A 14-year-old boy was shot shortly after 5 p.m. in the South Chicago neighborhood. He later died at Comer Children's Hospital.
The body of Brendon Lee Campbell Schult, 18, was discovered about 2 p.m. in the 1400 block of South Ashland Avenue.
Police said Tuesday morning that 57-year-old Michael Barrera had been found.
So far this year, 1,937 people have been shot in the city, leaving 338 dead, according to Chicago Sun-Times data.
One or more shooters opened fire on the teen from a vehicle going north in the 200 block of South Maplewood at 10:50 p.m., police said.
The boy was charged with vehicular hijacking, aggravated battery of a government employee and unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle
The fatal shooting happened about 8:40 p.m. when four people got out of a vehicle in the 200 block of South Hoyne and fired at three men.
The latest fatal shooting happened at about 11:25 a.m., when one man was killed and one woman was wounded in the South Shore neighborhood.
The toddler was playing "cops and robbers" with other children about 5 p.m. inside an Englewood home in the 6200 block of South Aberdeen when he was accidentally shot in the head, apparently with his mother's gun which had been left unlocked, according to Chicago Police.
The day's latest homicide happened about 11:30 p.m. on the Near West Side.
About 1:10 a.m. Monday, a 36-year-old was standing outside in the 2200 block of West Chicago in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood when someone in a black SUV opened fire, striking him in the abdomen, face and left leg. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The latest attack happened about 7:30 p.m. in North Austin, where a 16-year-old boy heard gunfire in the 1300 block of North Latrobe and realized he'd been hit in the leg, according to Chicago Police.
