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Four Dead, Nine Wounded in Shootings Since Saturday Evening

By Quinn Ford | July 20, 2013 9:13pm
 Eugene Clark was fatally shot at this Marathon gas station at 7101 S. Ashland Ave. Saturday night.
Eugene Clark was fatally shot at this Marathon gas station at 7101 S. Ashland Ave. Saturday night.
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CHICAGO — Four people are dead and nine others have been wounded in shootings across the city since Saturday evening.

The most recent shooting death happened in the Cabrini-Green area, where two men were shot in the 800 block of North Cambridge Street about 4 a.m. Sunday, said Officer Jose Estrada, a police spokesman.

Donald Lewis, 25, of the 2600 block of West 12th Place, was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 5:35 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

A 23-year-old man was shot in his leg and also went to Northwestern Memorial Hospital to be treated, police said.

No additional information was available.

Six people have been killed by gunfire citywide since Friday.

In other fatal shootings Saturday and early Sunday:

• A fight after a party ended with four people getting shot about 1:50 a.m. in the 600 block of East 131st Street in the Far South Side's Altgeld Gardens public housing complex, Estrada said.

A 28-year-old man was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds, Estrada said. He was identified as Marcus Holden by Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

A 40-year-old man was also shot multiple times and sent to Advocate Christ Medical Center. His condition was unknown. A 20-year-old woman was also sent to that hospital with a wound in her back.

A 22-year-old man took himself to MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island with a bullet in his buttocks.

• At a West Englewood Marathon gas station in the 7100 block of South Ashland Avenue, a 25-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to police and the medical examiner's office.

An employee of the gas station said Sunday morning that the man was shot just outside of its convenience store.

The man was identified as Eugene Clark, of the 7900 block of South Karlov Avenue. He was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center at 1:42 a.m. Sunday.

A woman who identified herself as Clark's mother said he was a "wonderful man" but declined to comment further.

• About 10:55 p.m. Saturday in South Chicago, a 24-year-old man was sent to Stroger Hospital in critical condition after being shot multiple times in the 8500 block of South Saginaw Avenue, Estrada said. He was identified as William Brown and was pronounced dead at 11:54 p.m., the medical examiner's office said.

In nonfatal shootings since Saturday evening:

• A 17-year-old girl was shot in her foot while near 50th Street and King Drive in Grand Boulevard about 11:25 p.m., Estrada said. She is in good condition at the University of Chicago Hospitals.

• A 34-year-old man was shot in his right leg in the 8500 block of South Kingston Avenue in South Chicago about 10:15 p.m., Estrada said. He was treated for the wound at South Shore Hospital.

• Three men were shot about 6:20 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Troy Street in Chicago Lawn, said Officer Daniel O'Brien, a police spokesman.

All three men were hospitalized with gunshot wounds in their legs, O'Brien said. Two of the men, a 22-year-old man and a 36-year-old man, were taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition. A 23-year-old man was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital, also in good condition.

No one was in custody as of Saturday night, and the circumstances surrounding the shooting were unclear, O'Brien said, citing preliminary information.

Earlier Saturday, a 17-year-old boy was one of two wounded in separate shootings.

Between Friday's and Saturday's sunrises, nine people were shot in the city, including 6-year-old Quianna Tompkins.