1 Dead, 3 Wounded In Separate South Side Shootings
Dwan Long was fatally shot in the chest when two men walked up and one of them opened fire about 8:05 p.m. in the 8200 block of South Avalon Avenue.
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Dwan Long was fatally shot in the chest when two men walked up and one of them opened fire about 8:05 p.m. in the 8200 block of South Avalon Avenue.
The 17-year-old boy was in the back of a vehicle in the 6200 block of South State Street when a gunman pulled up alongside the vehicle and opened fire.
He was shot in the leg shortly before 9 p.m. in the 600 block of East 62nd Street.
The shooting occurred at 12:15 a.m. in the 3600 block of South Marshfield Avenue.
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The most recent fatal shooting happened a few minutes before 10 p.m. Sunday night in the Washington Heights neighborhood.
The shooting happened about 9:53 p.m. near 93rd and Elizabeth streets.
A man who was shot to death while driving was found slumped over in the driver's seat of a car after striking a planter box in the Washington Heights neighborhood late Thursday.
The two were in a gray Chevrolet Impala when bullets started to fly in the 800 block of West 122nd Street about 12:05 a.m.
Five people, including at least one child, were critically injured in a Fuller Park neighborhood crash Thursday evening on the South Side.
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The two, 26 and 32, were in the 800 block of West 59th Street about 12:45 a.m. when an unknown male approached them and opened fire.
Luwana Hethington, 28, of Hammond, Ind., was killed in a crash near the intersection of East 68th Street and South Champlain Avenue.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Saturday night in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood, when two men were shot about 10:10 p.m. in the 1000 block of North St. Louis Avenue, police said.
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The most recent fatal shooting happened early Saturday in the South Chicago neighborhood.
At least eight people have been wounded in shootings throughout the city since Thursday night.
The two were walking near South Normal Avenue and West 112th Street when several gunmen approached on foot and opened fire.
The two were outside in the 6700 block of South Paxton Avenue at 11 p.m. when two male gunmen approached on foot and opened fire.
The suspects rob their victims by showing a handgun or using force, according to a community alert from Area Central detectives.
Three men were killed and nine others wounded in gun violence across the city since Monday afternoon, including two men who were found shot to death in West Pullman early Tuesday.
No one was in custody for any of the shootings Friday morning.
The shootings came as July drew to a close and police officials announced the number of shootings decreased when compared to the same months in 2012 and 2011.
The most recent shooting occurred early Monday in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
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Detectives said the suspect got into an argument with one of the victims before the stabbings.
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Detectives said the suspect got into an argument with one of the victims before the stabbings.
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