1 Dead, 8 Wounded In Overnight Shootings
A 23-year-old was shot in the head and chest in the 7600 block of South Coles Avenue around 9:20 p.m. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he later died, police said.
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A 23-year-old was shot in the head and chest in the 7600 block of South Coles Avenue around 9:20 p.m. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he later died, police said.
The man, 23, suffered gunshot wounds to the head and chest about 9:20 p.m. in the 7600 block of South Coles Avenue.
A South Side man charged in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this month in the South Shore neighborhood has been ordered held without bond.
Officers responding to a call of a person down about 3:40 a.m. found the 23-year-old shot to death in the entryway of an apartment in the 6700 block of South Clyde Avenue.
Someone leaned from a gray four-day sedan on the 2500 block of East 79th Street at about 6:15 p.m. and opened fire on a store. A 53-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, both of whom were inside the store at the time, were wounded.
Police said the boy was standing on the sidewalk in the 7600 block of South Colfax Avenue, holding a gun, when he accidentally shot himself in the foot around 12:15 a.m.
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Police, Cook County Crime Stoppers and members of two murder victims' families went door-to-door in the south side Jackson Park Highlands neighborhood looking for clues, reports WBBM's Bob Roberts.
Most recently, a 24-year-old man was wounded in the Gage Park neighborhood about 7:15 p.m. The man was in the 5100 block of South Oakley Avenue when he was shot multiple times, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in "stable" condition.
Students at a South Side elementary school were hoping to send a message to their community, despite the recent shooting of six people a mile away from their school.
Detectives were reviewing surveillance video from surrounding businesses, and a nearby police blue light camera to find out if they can identify the gunman.
The most recent fatal shooting occurred Thursday evening in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.
The 21-year-old man was found shot multiple times in the 2400 block of East 74th Street about 12:30 p.m., police News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan said.
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Most recently, a 25-year-old man walked into Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center after he was shot in the hand in the 7800 block of South South Shore Drive, police said.
Four people were wounded Wednesday night in a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood.
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A 16-year-old boy was shot in the South Shore neighborhood Saturday night.
The most recent fatality happened early Sunday in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood. Corey Brownlee, 32, was shot in the chest about 2:40 a.m. in the 6000 block of South Indiana Avenue.
The firefighter, two children and one adult were hospitalized after a fire in the South Shore neighborhood.
The most recent shooting occurred about 1:50 a.m. Friday when a 25-year-old woman was shot in the leg in the 6600 block of North Sheridan Road.
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A 51-year-old woman and her two grandsons were shot while standing outside in the South Shore neighborhood. A neighbor said gunfire is so common, she wonders if she and her daughter might have to start wearing body armor.
The lone fatality occurred Friday afternoon in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the South Side.
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