Chicago weekend shootings leave 7 dead, 12 wounded, police say
At least six people have been killed and 12 others have been wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago.
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At least six people have been killed and 12 others have been wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago.
The teenage boy was shot three times in the body and was left in critical condition, while the woman was shot twice in the right leg and was reported in fair condition.
The 34-year-old woman and the 16-year-old boy were outside in the 6700 block of South Cregier Avenue in South Shore when some people pulled up in a vehicle, displayed guns, and shot them both, police said.
Souleymane Diallo, 33, was arrested and charged with two felony counts, including first-degree murder, in the shooting of a 31-year-old man at a South Loop business Friday night.
The victim was shot in the right arm and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition, police said.
Police said at 3:30 a.m., the teen was a passenger in a vehicle stopped at a traffic light in the 700 block of South Wells Street, near Polk Street, when a man took out a gun and fired multiple shots at the car.
A man has been charged with firing shots at three people in a car last month in the South Shore neighborhood, before police opened fire on him during a foot chase.
A man has been charged with shooting and killing another man more than a year ago in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago.
An employee at a business in the South Loop was taken into custody Friday night after Chicago police said another man was shot and killed during a struggle over the employee's gun.
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Chicago police said the teen was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
A teenager was shot in the head inside a home in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood.
Both victims were taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said.
Two people are in critical condition after a shooting in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood on Tuesday night.
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A shooting investigation was underway on the inbound Eisenhower Expressway on Chicago's West Side on Tuesday morning.
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The 15-year-old was shot in the head and was listed in serious condition at Christ Hospital.
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The department said the victim has been identified, but is working to locate next of kin.
Joliet police said officers responded to the scene and found a 31-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.
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The victim suffered trauma to the body and was taken to Mt. Sinai, where he was pronounced dead.
Joliet police said officers responded to the scene and found a 31-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.
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The department said the victim has been identified, but is working to locate next of kin.
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