2 Killed, 15 Wounded In Weekend Shootings
In the most recent fatal shooting, a man was shot to death early Sunday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said.
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In the most recent fatal shooting, a man was shot to death early Sunday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said.
The two men, 24 and 29, were both shot in the head about 2:05 a.m. near 119th Street and Yale Avenue, said police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines, citing preliminary information.
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Firefighters were called to Hyde Park AME Church just after 3 a.m. When they arrived, they saw flames burning though the roof, which later collapsed as fire crews poured water on the burning building.
Nine people were shot throughout the city on Tuesday, including two teenagers who were waiting for a bus.
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The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday evening in the West Pullman neighborhood. About 5 p.m., police found a 30-year-old man unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 11600 block of South Racine with a gunshot wound to his back, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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A man was killed and a teenager was critically wounded Monday morning in a Back of the Yards neighborhood shooting on the South Side.
The latest shooting happened about 11 p.m., when two men were wounded in a drive-by attack in the Gresham neighborhood.
The man, 20, was shot shortly after 2 a.m. near 116th Street and Stewart Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines said. Witnesses told police they heard five or six shots and saw two males running away from the scene of the shooting.
Early Thursday morning, a 39-year-old man was fatally shot at a gas station in the Far South Side West Pullman neighborhood.
The man, who is in his 20s, was walking in the 11600 block of South Michigan Avenue about 3:15 a.m. when a male approached on foot and fired multiple shots
Most recently, a man was grazed by a bullet Thursday night in the Riverdale neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Flames were shooting out the window of a home near 117th Place and Lowe Avenue around 12:15 a.m. when firefighters first arrived. The homeowners were not at home, but someone told firefighters there were two dogs inside, trapped in a back room
The vehicle was driven in to a building near 119th Street and Eggleston Avenue about 5:10 a.m.
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At least 12 people -- including two teenage boys -- have been wounded in shootings on the South and West Sides since Monday afternoon.
About 1:35 a.m., the two were passengers in a vehicle in the 0 – 100 block of East 121st Street, when they were shot by at least one offender from another vehicle, police said.
Vaughn Holeman was shot in the chest and under the arm about 3:40 p.m. in the 200 block of West 116th Street, less than a mile from his home in the 400 block of West 115th Street.
A 15-year-old boy was killed Sunday afternoon in a West Pullman neighborhood shooting on the Far South Side.
The family of a West Pullman woman killed Friday night outside her home says they are "stunned" by her death - and they're planning a vigil this next Friday evening in the neighborhood.
The most recent fatal shooting happened early Sunday in the Logan Square neighborhood, where a 21-year-old woman was gunned down while riding in a car on Fullerton Avenue near Kedzie Boulevard.
Thirty-two-year-old Leonore Draper was shot in the arm and chest inside a car in the West Pullman neighborhood on Friday night.
Both men, 25 and 29, were at the corner of West 116th Place and South Peoria Street when they were shot about 1:30 a.m.
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