SOUTH DEERING — One teenager is dead and three other people were injured after shootings on the city's South and Southwest sides Wednesday night.
In South Deering, two men were shot about 10:50 p.m. in the 10200 block of South Oglesby Avenue, police said.
The two men were walking down the street when a car pulled up and opened fire, said Officer Ron Gaines, a police spokesman. A man in his 20s was shot in the leg and was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, Gaines said, citing preliminary information.
A 19-year-old was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead on the scene at 11:10 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. The teen was identified as Antonio Calhoun of the 1400 block of East 68th Street, officials said.
In Gage Park, a man was wounded in another apparent drive-by shooting. The 27-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 3100 block of West 53rd Street about 9:30 p.m. when shots were fired from a passing car.
The man was shot in the hip and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where his condition stabilized.
About 8:11 p.m., a 23-year-old woman was wounded in a shooting in the 10100 block of South Emerald Avenue in the Roseland neighborhood.
The woman was shot in the leg and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, Gaines said. Police did not have any other details immediately available.
