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Shootings Kill 2 People, Wound 17 Since Friday, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | October 1, 2016 12:29pm
 Shootings have left two people dead and 17 wounded since Friday, police said.
Shootings have left two people dead and 17 wounded since Friday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have left two people dead and 17 wounded since Friday, police said.

• At 12:56 a.m. Saturday, a 35-year-old man was shot to death in Chatham.

• At 12:29 a.m., a 17-year-old girl was shot and killed while driving in Back of the Yards.

In non-fatal shootings:

• Most recently, at 5 a.m. Saturday, a 27-year-old man was shot "numerous times" while driving in Little Village.

• At 4:41 a.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in Humboldt Park.

• At 4:15 a.m., a 26-year-old man was shot in Englewood.

• At 3:10 a.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in Back of the Yards.

• At 3:09 a.m., three people were shot at a party in Englewood.

• At 1:38 a.m., a 46-year-old woman was shot in North Lawndale, police said. The woman was walking through her front gate in the 1400 block of South St. Louis Avenue when she saw a group of men arguing and then heard shots and felt pain.

The woman was hit in her leg and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where her condition was not available but she was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 12:25 a.m., a 26-year-old man was shot in Garfield Park, police said. Witnesses said the man was walking outside in the 3600 block of South Polk Street when he got into an "altercation" with a person who took out a gun and shot the man, police said.

The man was hit in his buttocks and was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said.

The man was uncooperative, police said.

• At 11:45 p.m. Friday, two people were shot in Back of the Yards.

• At 10:15 p.m., a 14-year-old boy was shot in North Lawndale, police said. The boy was walking on the sidewalk in the 3300 block of West 16th Street when someone in a white sedan fired shots.

The boy was hit in his right knee and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

The boy was a documented gang member, police said.

• At 8:55 p.m., a 27-year-old man was shot in his ear and seriously wounded in Bridgeport.

• At 6:45 p.m., a 19-year-old man was shot in Roseland, said Officer Bari Lemmon, a Chicago Police spokeswoman. The man was in the 200 block of West 107th Street when someone fired shots in his direction.

The man was hit in his back and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," Lemmon said.

The man was a documented gang member, police said.

• At 5:33 p.m., a school bus driver was shot in his head while driving a bus in Garfield Park. 

• At 3 p.m., a 23-year-old man was shot in Belmont Cragin, Lemmon said. The man was standing in the 5300 block of West Diversey Avenue when he was shot in his hand.

The man took himself to Resurrection Medical Center, where he was in good condition, Lemmon said.

The man was a documented gang member, police said.

• At 1:50 p.m., a 26-year-old man was shot and critically wounded in Back of the Yards.

No one was in custody in these shootings.

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