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Roseland Shootings Leave Woman Dead, 4 Others Wounded

By Evan F. Moore | April 24, 2016 10:05am
 Tiara Parks, 23, was killed and two men were wounded in a Saturday night  shooting near 114th Street and Stewart Avenue, police said. A man and a teen girl were injured in a separate shooting earlier that afternoon near 100th Street and Michigan Avenue.
Tiara Parks, 23, was killed and two men were wounded in a Saturday night shooting near 114th Street and Stewart Avenue, police said. A man and a teen girl were injured in a separate shooting earlier that afternoon near 100th Street and Michigan Avenue.
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ROSELAND— A woman was killed and four other people were wounded in separate shootings in Roseland Saturday, police said. 

At 9 p.m. Saturday, three people were shot near 114th Street and Stewart Avenue, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a Chicago Police Department spokeswoman.

A 23-year-old woman was shot in the head and was taken in critical condition to Roseland Hospital where she later died. The woman, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as Tiara M. Parks of the 9200 block of South Bishop Street, was pronounced dead at 9:14 p.m. 

A 27-year-old man who was shot in his left leg was listed in good condition at Roseland Hospital, Sedevic said.

A 24-year-old man who was shot in his lower back was taken to Roseland Hospital where his condition was stabilized. He later was transferred to Stroger Hospital, Sedevic said. 

Earlier Saturday at 3 p.m., a 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl were sitting on a porch in the first block of East 100th Street when someone in a dark-colored van shot at them, Sedevic said. 

The 20-year-old man was shot in his stomach and was taken to Christ Medical Center in good condition, Sedevic said. 

The 16-year-old girl was taken to Christ Medical Center where her condition was stabilized, Sedevic said. 

No one is in custody for the shootings, Sedevic said.

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