Man Killed In South Shore Shooting
Shortly after 9 p.m., the man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in the hallway of a building in the 6800 block of South Merrill Avenue, according to Chicago Police.
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Shortly after 9 p.m., the man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in the hallway of a building in the 6800 block of South Merrill Avenue, according to Chicago Police.
The shooting happened in the 2600 block of East 74th Place at 9:06 a.m., police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada said, citing preliminary information.
Most recently, two men were shot late Thursday in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The men, ages 19 and 20, were standing outside in the 1500 block of North Linder about 10:25 p.m. when shots were fired in their direction from a group of males standing on the corner across the street, according to Chicago Police.
The 34-year-old man was standing outside of a vehicle near 67th Street and East End Avenue about 12:40 a.m. when a gray vehicle approached and someone inside fired at him, police said.
The most recent shooting happened about 8 a.m. in the South Side Grand Boulevard neighborhood. Two men were shot in a possible drive-by in the 5100 block of South Indiana, police said.
The shooting happened at 1:30 a.m. in the 7800 block of South Cornell Avenue, police said. The women, 48 and 50, were on a porch with a group when they heard gunshots and felt pain, police said.
Two people were shot in an SUV that then crashed into a bus shelter, injuring a pedestrian late Saturday in the South Shore neighborhood.
About 5:52 p.m., the 31-year-old was standing in the alley of the 6900 block of South East End Avenue when another person walked up and shot him in the ankle, police said. He also suffered a graze wound to his arm.
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Richard Davis III, 18, drove a vehicle across a sports field in the 1800 block of East 76th Street about 5:25 p.m. Wednesday, striking the victim in the process, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Police believe it was no accident when the SUV drove onto the basketball court at Rosenblum Park around 5:30 p.m., after first driving through an adjacent soccer field.
A 10-year-old boy was seriously injured after a vehicle jumped a curb and hit him Wednesday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Most recently, a man was shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The 20-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 4600 block of West Washington Boulevard about 10:35 p.m. when he heard gunshots and felt pain, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to his buttocks.
James Jones, 21, tried to protect his 46-year-old mother Alicia Jones on the front porch of their home when a gunman opened fire from a gangway about noon Saturday in the 8400 block of South Colfax, according to their family and authorities.
The officer told the 23-year-old man to drop the gun and put his hands up, but instead he turned and raised the gun toward the officer, authorities said.
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About 9:30 p.m., the three were standing outside in the 2100 block of East 67th Street when a male shot them from a nearby alley, police said.
The weekend's most recent fatal shooting happened Monday night in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said. About 7:50 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was shot in the back and the leg in the 4900 block of West Erie, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died.
The most recent shooting happened early Wednesday in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side. About 1:20 a.m., a 26-year-old man was driving southbound in the 5900 block of North Winthrop Avenue when a gunman opened fire from the sidewalk, according to Chicago Police.
About 1:10 a.m. Monday, a man was killed and another man was critically wounded in a South Shore neighborhood shooting. Officers heard gunshots and found two men shot in the 7800 block of South South Shore Drive, police said. One man, 28, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was dead at the scene, police said.
At least nine people have been wounded in shootings on the South and West sides of Chicago since Monday afternoon, including a 62-year-old man shot during an attempted robbery at a Roseland bus stop Tuesday morning.
About 8:35 p.m., an 18-year-old man was walking in the 1700 block of East 71st Street when someone got out of a dark-colored sedan and began shooting, police said.
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