BRIDGEPORT— One man was killed and two others were wounded in a Bridgeport apartment on South Halsted early Saturday, one of a series of violent incidents in Chicago's neighborhoods this weekend.
At least three people were killed and seven were wounded in the violence — although one of the victims may have shot himself in the foot.
Details of what led to the deadly Bridgeport shootout are unclear, but it played out in an apartment in the 3800 block of South Halsted — and down the street after some men fled.
The dead man — a 21-year-old from south suburban Monee — was found at 2:45 a.m. in the South Halsted apartment. He was identified as Daniel Ortiz.
Police said another 21-year-old man was shot in the head there and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
The other wounded man tried to flee, but crashed his car at 43rd and Wentworth. Police found the 25-year-old there with gunshot wounds to the the head and leg, said Officer John Mirabelli, a police spokesman.
In other violence around the city late Friday and Saturday, a man in his early 20s was shot in the head in Old Town near Division and Orleans.
It happened around 1:20 p.m. He was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, police said.
In Morgan Park, a man was found shot to death in the back of a home at about 11:20 a.m. He was found behind a home in the 11700 block of South Hale Avenue.
In Chatham, a teenager was shot after arguing with a relative. The 18-year-old man was hit in the shoulder about 8:56 a.m. in the 500 block of West 81st Street, police said.
He was arguing with a relative when the relative pulled out handgun and fired. The victim was listed in stable condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said.
Earlier, a 21-year-old man was jumped while walking down the street in Belmont Cragin.
He was walking down the sidewalk near Central and Barry around 2 a.m. when four men approached. The group attacked him and stabbed him. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he later died, Mirabelli said.
In South Austin, a 33-year-old man was shot in the chest and right arm at 4:15 a.m. while standing on the sidewalk near Chicago and Menard in South Austin. He was taken to West Suburban Hospital in critical condition before being transferred to Stroger Hospital, Mirabelli said.
A half hour earlier — around 3:45 a.m. — a person was shot in the 4500 block of North Christiana in Albany Park. The victim was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital in an unspecified condition. The age of the person was also unavailable, said Mirabelli.
In Pilsen overnight, a 19-year-old man was shot in the left leg at about 3:25 a.m. A light colored SUV pulled up to the man in the 1000 block of West 20th Place and opened fire. The victim survived his wounds and his being treated at Stroger Hospital, Mirabelli said.
And in Avondale late Friday, a 23-year-old man was shot in the right foot. He walked into Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 11:18 p.m. and told workers he was shot near Western and Diversey — although the wound may have been self-inflicted, Mirabelli said.
