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A 24-year-old man was killed and a 23-year-old man was grazed by a bullet in a shooting in the West Lawn neighborhood late Wednesday night, capping off the most violent month in Chicago in 20 years.
The most recent fatal shooting happened shortly before 10 p.m. in the West Lawn neighborhood.
The man suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in fair condition, police said.
A man who turned himself in for killing a man and seriously injuring another when he fired a gun toward his estranged wife's boyfriend near a crowd of people in 2013 has been sentenced to 130 years in prison.
With at least 81 homicides as of Monday morning, this August already is the most violent month in Chicago in nearly 20 years, and it isn't quite over yet.
The men, ages 18 and 20, were standing on the street at 12:49 a.m. near the corner of West 18th Place and South Throop Street when a Chevrolet Tahoe pulled up and someone inside opened fire, according to police.
Most recently, a man was grazed by a bullet about 11:10 p.m. in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side.
A drug suspect was shot and wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police and federal agents in the parking lot of a busy southwest suburban shopping mall.
Elijah Sims died a day before his 17th birthday, after he was shot while out with friends in his old neighborhood.
Paul Kevin Rivers, 26, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and aggravated assault of a peace officer with a weapon, both felonies, according to Chicago Police.
Two days shy of his 17th birthday, a boy was fatally shot while he was out with friends in the Austin neighborhood.
Robert Burgess, 56, has been charged with first-degree murder for the 10:04 a.m. shooting in the 1800 block of South Michigan, according to Chicago Police.
The most recent homicide happened at 10:11 p.m. in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
Terrance Meredith, 43, faces one felony count of first-degree murder, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
The most recent homicide happened about 12:30 a.m. Monday in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.
A vehicle was shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway late Sunday night, prompting police to shut down the express lanes for a few hours.
A man was shot to death Sunday morning in the South Loop.
Two men were charged Sunday morning with the shooting death of Dwyane Wade's cousin, Nykea Aldridge.
A 22-year-old man was shot early Saturday near Navy Pier during a 'so-called' robbery.
The Wade family hosted Saturday a church event to honor the life of Nykea Aldrige.
Shortly after midnight, a woman was driving north on the highway when her car was shot between the U.S. Route 30 and Vollmer Road exits, according to Illinois State Police. She was not hurt.
The latest nonfatal shooting happened about 9:30 p.m. in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side, where a 35-year-old man was shot twice in the abdomen in the 2900 block of West Walton, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
Illinois State Police troopers were conducting a traffic stop when they were flagged down by the driver of a taxi cab, state police said in a news release.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Wednesday morning in Englewood.
Antowaun Mathis, 31, was arrested at a residence in Hampton, Virginia, the marshals service said. The arrest occurred without incident. Mathis was held in the Hampton City Jail awaiting extradition.
