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Seven Dead, At Least 32 Wounded in Chicago Weekend Shootings

By Josh McGhee | July 27, 2015 12:02pm
 Between Sunday and Monday morning, David Moreno, 16, was killed and seven people were wounded in shootings.
Between Sunday and Monday morning, David Moreno, 16, was killed and seven people were wounded in shootings.
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CHICAGO — Seven people were killed and at least 32 people were wounded in shootings throughout Chicago this weekend, police said.

Between Sunday morning and Monday morning, 16-year-old David Moreno was killed in Little Village and seven people were wounded in shootings, said Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago Police spokesman.

An 18-year-old man was also fatally shot in South Chicago Sunday morning.

In the most recent non-fatal shooting, a 21-year-old man was shot in the 4700 South Drexel Boulevard in Bronzeville around 3 a.m. After being shot in his abdomen, he drove himself to Mercy Hospital then was transferred to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, Estrada said.

Early Monday, a 19-year-old man was shot on the Far South Side in Morgan Park.

 
Between midnight and 12:20 a.m. Monday, two men were also shot in South Chicago. Around 12:20 a.m., a 44-year-old man was multiple times in his back when a man rode up to him on a bike and opened fire as he walked in the 8500 block of South Escanaba Avenue, Estrada said.
 
He was taken to Christ Hospital, where his condition stabilized, Estrada said.
 
Around midnight Monday, a 28-year-old man was shot in his right hand by someone in a dark sedan as he walked in the 8100 block of South Muskegon Avenue. He drove himself to Trinity Hospital, where his condition stabilized, Estrada said.
 
Around 6:05 p.m. Sunday, a 22-year-old man was shot in his leg in the 7900 block of South Stony Island Avenue in Avalon Park. He was taken to Trinity Hospital in fair condition, Estrada said.
 
About 3 hours earlier, a 22-year-old man was shot in his arm and leg in the 8000 block of South Washtenaw Avenue in Ashburn. The man drove himself to Little Company of Mary Hospital, where his condition stabilized, Estrada said.

About 2:30 p.m. Sunday, a 32-year-old man was shot in his left leg in the 700 block of West 48th Street, police said.  He was taken to Stroger Hospital.

No one is in custody for the shootings.

From Saturday morning to Sunday morning, four people were killed and 20 were wounded in shootings. Two men were killed and a woman was hurt in a shooting in Humboldt Park, an 18-year-old man was gunned down in South Chicago and two 21-year-old men were shot, one fatally, in Greater Grand Crossing.

From Friday morning to Saturday, two people were killed and five others were wounded in citywide gun violence. A 32-year-old man was shot to death while walking in Austin and a 17-year-old boy was killed in a drive-by shooting in North Lawndale.

See our map of every shooting in Chicago since 2010.