Boy, 16, Fatally Shot
The victim and another teen were standing outside in the 7900 block of South Merrill when a car drove up and a man got out and opened fire.
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The victim and another teen were standing outside in the 7900 block of South Merrill when a car drove up and a man got out and opened fire.
A man who narrowly escaped injury in a shooting that killed a teenager at a park dedicated to non-violence said the experience has changed his life.
Fourth of July weekend shootings have left nine people dead — including a 7-year-old boy — and at least 53 others injured since Thursday evening.
The 22-year-old man was standing in an alley in the 400 block of North Cicero Avenue at 2:25 a.m. when he "heard shots and felt pain," police said.
The 52-year-old man was walking in the 7700 block of South Eberhart Avenue at 12:30 a.m. when he heard shots ring out, police said.
The 22-year-old man was walking to his vehicle in the 1200 block of West 87th Street at 12:50 a.m. when a gunman walked up and fired shots, police said.
About 8:10 p.m., two gunmen approached the victims in the 8000 block of South Stewart Avenue and opened fire, police said.
Fourth of July weekend shootings have left seven people dead — including a 7-year-old boy — and at least 38 others injured since Thursday evening.
A cousin of the child waiting outside the hospital said the family had been celebrating the Fourth of July and had just returned home to a relative's house when gunfire erupted.
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:31 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
A 20-year-old man was fatally shot while riding his bicycle in Little Village Thursday night, police said.
A 50-year-old man was killed and a 38-year-old man was injured in a shooting in the North Lawndale neighborhood Wednesday night. About 9:50 p.m., the two men were standing on the sidewalk in the 3600 block of West 16th Street when two males walked up and opened fire, police said.
Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said part of the challenge in reducing gun violence is gang members are more worried about what their gang will do to them if they lose a gun than they are about what the courts will do to them if they're arrested with an illegal firearm.
The fatal shooting happened about 10:45 p.m. in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side. A 22-year-old man was driving in the 11100 block of South Hamlet Avenue when a black SUV pulled alongside and a gunman inside shot him in the abdomen, police said.
Police were not saying if they believe the two fatal shootings are connected, but it appears the victims knew each other.
About 5:30 p.m., the 31-year-old was in a vehicle in the 3500 block of West Irving Park Road when another male walked up and shot him in the chest, shoulder and left arm , police said.
The man, 21, was walking on the sidewalk in the 7800 block of South Carpenter Street about 10:40 p.m. when a male walked up and opened fire, police said.
About 5:30 p.m., a 31-year-old man was shot in the chest, shoulder and left arm in the 3900 block of North Central Park Avenue, police said.
About 2:50 p.m., officers responding to a "gang-related disturbance" in the 4600 block of North Kenmore Avenue saw someone running away from the area, said police News Affairs Officer Janel Sedevic.
In the latest fatal shooting, a 22-year-old man was shot to death Sunday afternoon in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said.
A 32-year-old man was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting early Saturday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
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About 4:45 p.m., a male entered a business in the 5900 block of North Ridge Avenue, pulled out a handgun, and fired several shots, police said. Devone Matthews, of the 6100 block of North Damen Avenue, was shot in the back.
The man was in the driver's seat of a parked vehicle about 10:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of West 77th Street when a gunman approached and opened fire, striking the man in the neck and shoulder, police said.
About 11:20 p.m., the 34-year-old was standing on the sidewalk in the 3200 block of West Congress when he heard gunfire and realized he'd been shot, police said.
The baby girl was found unresponsive with visible injuries to her lower body, Chicago police said.
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The baby girl was found unresponsive with visible injuries to her lower body, Chicago police said.
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