13 Killed, 52 Wounded In Labor Day Weekend Shootings
The latest homicide happened about 10:45 p.m. Monday, when two young men were killed and three other people were wounded in Lawndale.
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The latest homicide happened about 10:45 p.m. Monday, when two young men were killed and three other people were wounded in Lawndale.
Chicago police say they have a person in custody in connection with the death, which occurred at the Senior Suites of Rainbow Beach early Monday.
The most recent homicide happened at 10:11 p.m. in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
Most recently, a man was found shot to death in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side, police said.
A 40-year-old man was killed and the girl was wounded in a shooting about 10 p.m. in the 7300 block of South University in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.
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Most recently, two men were wounded – one of them critically – in the North Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
A 38-year-old man was fatally shot about 6:40 p.m. in the South Shore neighborhood, according to Chicago Police.
The latest shooting happened about 10:50 p.m. in the University Village neighborhood on the Near West Side.
The latest homicide happened Sunday evening in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side, according to Chicago Police.
Most recently, a man was killed and another was critically wounded in the Far South Side Fernwood neighborhood.
The most recent fatal attack happened early Tuesday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.
About 11:25 p.m., a 41-year-old man was killed and a woman was injured in a drive-by shooting during a barbecue in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
Most recently, a 21-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks in an Austin neighborhood drive-by shooting on the West Side.
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The male victim was driving in the 6700 block of South Jeffery at 2:49 p.m. when someone in a dark SUV fired shots, police said.
The most recent fatal shooting was an 18-year-old man who was shot to death in West Englewood about 8:10 p.m., police said.
The Chicago Police Bomb and Arson Unit is investigating after a "grenade-like object" was found in a building being renovated in the South Shore neighborhood.
The most recent fatal shooting happened around 9 p.m. in the 3000 block of West Devon Avenue in the West Rogers Park neighborhood.
He was sitting in a parked car just before 12:40 a.m. in the 7100 block of South Clyde Avenue when he heard shots and realized he'd been hit, according to Chicago Police.
Most recently, three men were injured in a South Shore neighborhood shooting.
The most recent homicide happened Sunday afternoon in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side.
The homicide happened about 9:30 p.m. in Humboldt Park on the West Side.
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The ages of the victims range from 17 to 40, according to Chicago police.
