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3 Killed, 13 Wounded In Shootings Since Tuesday Morning, Police Say

By Alex Nitkin | August 10, 2016 9:06am
 Sixteen people were shot, three fatally, around the city since early Tuesday, police said.
Sixteen people were shot, three fatally, around the city since early Tuesday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Three men were killed and 13 people were wounded in shootings between Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning, police said.

Julius Coleman, 18, was shot to death in Englewood Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday evening, 32-year-old Demarco Kennedy died after being shot inside a Roseland residence.

About 20 minutes later, Cortez Tate, 25, was gunned down inside a Rogers Park business.

• Most recently, just after midnight Wednesday morning, someone shot a 17-year-old through the window of his Humboldt Park home.

• At 10:56 p.m. Tuesday night, a 30-year-old man was sitting in a parked car in the 5900 block of West Division Street in Austin when someone got out of a nearby car and shot him in his head, according to a police incident report.

The man was brought to Loyola Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, police said.

• At 10:26 p.m., a 17-year-old was shot in her back in the 1000 block of North Leamington Avenue, also in Austin, police said.

The teen was brought to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was listed in guarded condition, police said.

Police said the teen is not gang-affiliated.

Police could not immediately provide any other information on the shooting.

• At 10:10 p.m., a man and a woman were shot in the 1300 block of South Karlov Avenue in North Lawndale, police said.

The man, 24, was taken to Stroger Hospital after being shot in his left shoulder, police said.

The woman, 22, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound in her left leg, police said.

Both are considered "stable," police said.

Police could not immediately provide any other information on the shooting.

• At 9:45 p.m., a 26-year-old man was walking in the 3900 block of West Grenshaw Street in North Lawndale when he heard gunshots and felt pain in his right leg, police said.

The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was considered "stable," police said.

Police said the man is a documented gang member.

• At 9:43 p.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in the 5300 block of West Potomac Avenue in Austin, police said.

The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was "stable" after being shot in his right leg, police said.

Police could not immediately provide any other information on the shooting.

• At 9:19 p.m., a 20-year-old man was shot and wounded in Englewood.

• At 6:42 p.m., two 20-year-old men were shot in the 2900 block of North Linder Avenue in Belmont Cragin, according to Officer Bari Lemmon, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

Both men were taken to Community First Hospital, where they were listed in good condition after being shot in their arms, Lemmon said.

Police said both men are documented gang members.

Police could not immediately provide any other information on the shooting.

• At 6:30 p.m., a 36-year-old man was riding in the passenger seat of a car in the 5500 block of West Jackson Boulevard in Austin when someone shot at him from another car, Lemmon said.

The man was driven to Loretto Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition after being shot in his back, Lemmon said.

Police said the man is a documented gang member.

• At 12:16 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, a shooting left two teenagers wounded in North Lawndale.

No one is in custody, police said.