Chicago violence: 5 dead, 28 wounded in shootings since Friday night, police say
(CBS) CHICAGO - Since Friday night, 5 men have been killed and 28 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago, the Sun Times Media Wire reported.
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The station said the first of the fatal shootings took place in a neighborhood on the northwest side of the city when a gunman allegedly approached four people who were sitting on a porch and opened fire, according to police.
Renee Soto, a 21-year-old man, was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital to be treated for multiple gunshot wounds and died a short time after, authorities told STMW.
Police said three others were wounded in the shooting, including a 17-year-old girl, a 28-year-old man and a 30-year-old man, and they are in stable condition, according to the station.
Authorities stated that about 20 minutes after the shooting, another one occurred in a separate location, leaving 36-year-old Uriel Guadarramo dead and a 37-year-old man in critical condition, said STMW.
The station reported that another man, who the Cook County Medical Examiner's office identified as 20-year-old Carl Austin, was shot dead around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday after a drive-by-shooting in a South Chicago neighborhood that left two others wounded.
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The wounded, a 26-year-old and a 29-year-old, had gang affiliations, police told the Sun Times Media Wire.
The station said another man, 22-year-old Justin Jackson, was killed in a shooting that occurred around 9:20 p.m. Sunday night after 3 gunmen approached Jackson's car and fired upon Jackson and another man, according to police.
At 11:25 p.m. Sunday, authorities said 18-year-old Eduardo Venagas was fatally shot in the chest and the shoulder as he was standing on the sidewalk just a block from his home, according to STMW.
In total, 28 people were injured in shootings across the city of Chicago this week, said the Media Wire.