16-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shot On South Side
A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the West Englewood neighborhood Saturday, according to Police News Affairs.
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A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the West Englewood neighborhood Saturday, according to Police News Affairs.
The most recent fatality happened about 2 p.m. in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.
The most recent homicide happened about 8:30 p.m. in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. A 36-year-old man was standing in the 100 bock of East 69th Street, when at least one person walked up and shot him in the back, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he later was pronounced dead.
Officers responded to a report of shots fired at the Shell at 625 E. Division St. in Coal City at 8:10 p.m., according to a statement from Coal City police. The victim, a male of unknown age, was found bleeding with multiple gunshot wounds in a silver Dodge Ram.
Mayoral challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia on Wednesday sought to use residents' unease about the city's latest crime statistics to slow Mayor Rahm Emanuel's momentum ahead of next week's runoff election.
Robert Armstead, 29, was shot Wednesday at his home in the 4400 block of Connecticut Street, according to the Lake County (Ind.) coroner's office.
About 6:20 p.m., the teen was in the 3000 block of West 71st Street when he was shot in the shoulder, police said. Witnesses saw the teen run into a backyard before collapsing.
A 16-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder about 6:20 p.m. in the 3000 block of West 71st Street in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he later died.
A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side Wednesday evening, police said.
Through the end of March, murders and shootings were up in Chicago, compared to the same time last year, but police said overall crime is down in the city.
The victim, a 16-year-old boy, was found lying on the ground in the 1200 block of West 57th Street at 10:10 a.m., police said. He had been shot several times and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
About 7:15 p.m., the 20-year-old was arguing with another male about "an old conflict" when the other male pulled out a gun and shot the man in the wrist and chest in the 3800 block of South Kedzie Avenue, police said.
About 5:15 p.m., the 48-year-old was on the sidewalk in the 800 block of South Pulaski Road when another male walked up and shot him several times, police said.
About 1:50 p.m., a man was shot to death in Englewood, police said. Keith Stokes, 24, was riding in a vehicle in the 5700 block of South Morgan when another vehicle approached and someone inside started shooting. Stokes was shot several times in the upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:07 p.m.
In the most recent fatal shooting, a man was shot to death early Sunday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said.
A man was shot and critically injured on Saturday morning in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.
One man was killed and another wounded at a south side nightclub early Saturday morning, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
He was inside the home about 2:50 a.m. in the 8300 block of West Forest Preserve Avenue when someone walked up to a window and shot into the residence, according to preliminary information from police.
About 5:40 p.m., a 25-year-old man got in to a physical altercation with a group of people inside the building in the 5200 block of West Fullerton Avenue, police said. When he tried to run away through the back door, someone followed him and opened fire.
A man drove onto a Kennedy Expressway entrance ramp after he was shot in the neck in the Avondale neighborhood on the Northwest Side Tuesday evening, police said.
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The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday evening in the Ravenswood neighborhood on the North Side. A witness saw the man, between 18 and 25 years old, in an alley with several other males when gunshots were heard, police said. A red SUV was seen driving from the scene.
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A shooting left a 16-year-old boy dead Tuesday morning in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
