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Chicago Shootings Leave Boy, 16, Dead, At Least 16 Others Wounded

By Mina Bloom | August 2, 2014 9:02am | Updated on August 2, 2014 4:12pm
 A 16-year-old was killed, and at least 16 others were wounded from Friday night into Saturday.
A 16-year-old was killed, and at least 16 others were wounded from Friday night into Saturday.
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CHICAGO — A 16-year-old boy was killed and at least 16 other people have been wounded in shootings across the city Friday night and Saturday.

Ramon Breceda, 16, was shot to death in Little Village around 11:30 p.m. Friday night. Two others teens, 15 and 18, were left wounded in the shooting.

In the most recent shooting, a 22-year-old man was shot in the left leg in the 6600 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue about 2:45, police said. He took himself to University of Chicago Hospital, where his condition had stabilized.

Separate shootings in Chatham and South Chicago both happened around 1:50 a.m. Saturday.

Three men, ages 32, 39 and 61, were shot outside of a lounge club in Chatham, said Officer Jose Estrada, a police spokesman. 

The men were standing outside of the lounge when they heard an argument and shots were fired, Estrada said. The 39-year-old and the 32-year-old were both shot in their backs, and were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where they're in stable condition, while the 61-year-old is in stable condition at Stroger Hospital after being shot in his abdomen, police said.

Around the same time, a 19-year-old man was standing outside with a group in the 7900 block of South Merrill Avenue in South Chicago when he heard shots and felt pain, Estrada said.

He is in critical condition at Northwestern Hospital after being shot in his left thigh, authorities said.

No one is in custody for this shooting.

In other shootings: 

• Another shooting occurred in South Chicago around 12:15 a.m., police said.

A 33-year-old man was standing with a group of people in the 8500 block of South Exchange Avenue when a white, older-model car pulled up and someone opened fire, striking the man in his right leg, Estrada said.

Those in the car fled the scene going eastbound. The man, who is a documented gang member, was transported to Trinity Hospital where he is in stable condition, according to police.

• Around 15 minutes earlier, two men were shot in West Englewood, authorities said.

Two men, both 28, were standing on the sidewalk in the 5500 block of South Seeley Avenue, when a car drove past and someone from within the car fired shots, Estrada said. 

One man was shot in his forearm and right thigh, and was taken to Stroger Hospital where he is in stable condition, and the other walked to South Suburban Hospital after being shot in his heel. He is in stable condition.

Both victims are documented gang members, and the shooting may have been gang-related, police said.

• About an hour earlier, a 26-year-old was shot in Lawndale and is now in critical condition.

The man was standing with a group of people around 11:05 p.m. in the 3000 block of West Flournoy Street when he heard shots and felt pain, Estrada said.

He was shot multiple times in his leg, and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. 

The incident may have been gang-related, as the victim is a documented gang member, according to police.

• Around 10:30 p.m., a man, 19, was shot on the North Side in Edgewater, police said. The man was walking in the 1400 block of West Elmdale Avenue when someone from within a passing car fired shots, said Estrada.

He was taken to St. Francis Hospital, Estrada said. Police said the shooting may have been gang-related, as the victim has documented gang affiliations.

• Around 8:40 p.m., two men are in good condition after being shot in the 13200 block of South Riverdale Avenue. 

The men, 29 and 26, were outside when they heard shots and felt pain, police said. The 29-year-old suffered from a gun shot wound in his lower arm and right bicep, and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, and the 26-year-old was shot in his right leg and taken to Roseland Community Hospital. 

No one is in custody for this shooting.

• About a half an hour earlier, a 24-year-old man is wounded after a possible gang-related shooting in Altgeld Gardens, police said.

He was in standing in the street in the 13000 block of South Champlain Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain, Estrada said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center after being shot in his left buttocks and left knee and grazed in his right forearm.

Earlier around 6:15 p.m., a 16-year-old girl was shot in Oakland.

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