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Shootings Kill 1 Person, Wound 11 Since Wednesday, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | October 6, 2016 8:21am
 Shootings have killed one person and left 11 wounded since Wednesday, police said.
Shootings have killed one person and left 11 wounded since Wednesday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have killed one person and left 11 wounded since Wednesday, police said.

• At 2:53 p.m. Wednesday, a 23-year-old man was shot to death while driving in Marquette Park.

In non-fatal shootings:

• At 5 a.m. Thursday, a 17-year-old was shot in Austin, said Officer Ana Pacheco, a Chicago Police spokeswoman. The teen was in the first block of South Leamington Avenue when he was shot in his shoulder.

The teen took himself to Loretto Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," Pacheco said.

The teen was uncooperative with officers and was a documented gang member, police said.

• At 2:38 a.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in Pilsen, police said, but the shooting was possibly self-inflicted.

• At 11:28 p.m. Wednesday, two men were shot by a group of men in Logan Square.

• At 11 p.m., a man and woman were shot in Back of the Yards.

• At 9:49 p.m., an 18-year-old man was shot while walking outside in Morgan Park.

• At 9:05 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in Chicago Lawn, Pacheco said. The man was walking on the sidewalk in the 6200 block of South Artesian Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain.

The man was a documented gang member, police said. No further information was immediately available.

• At 7:45 p.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in Grand Crossing, Pacheco said. The man was standing in Hoard Park, 7201 S. Dobson Ave., when a car drove up and someone inside it fired shots.

The man was hit in his leg and was taken to Jackson Park Hospital in good condition, Pacheco said.

• At 6:55 p.m., a 22-year-old man was shot in Auburn Gresham by a group of three men.

• At 5:14 p.m., a 30-year-old man was shot in Roseland, Pacheco said. The man was a passenger in a car in the 10100 block of South Michigan Avenue when someone walked up and fired shots.

The man was hit in his chest, stomach and arm. He took himself to Roseland Community Hospital, where he was in serious condition, Pacheco said.

The man was a documented gang member, police said.

No one was in custody in these shootings.

Also, at 7:30 p.m., a man was found shot to death near the Willis Tower. The man might have killed himself, a source said. 

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