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Shootings Kill 3 People, Wound 16 Since Saturday, Police Say

By Dong Jin Oh | November 6, 2016 11:51am
 Shootings left four people dead and 15 wounded since Saturday, police said.
Shootings left four people dead and 15 wounded since Saturday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings left four people dead and 15 wounded since Saturday, police said.

• At 12:30 a.m. Sunday, a 36-year-old man was shot dead in West Elsdon, police said.

• At 10 p.m., a 22-year-old man was shot dead in Roseland, police said.

• At 3:40 p.m., a 23-year-old man was shot dead in Washington Heights, police said.

In non-fatal shootings:

• At 4:57 a.m. Sunday, two men were shot in Brighton Park, police said.

The men were in the 3300 block of West 47th Street when they were shot, police said.

No further information was immediately available.

• At 2:44 a.m., a 36-year-old man was shot in West Elsdon, police said.

The man was standing in a lot in the 5400 block of South Pulaski Road when he heard shots and felt pain, police said.

He was hit in his abdomen and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition, police said.

The man was a documented gang member.

• At 2:20 a.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in Gresham, police said.

The boy was standing on the sidewalk in the 8500 block of South Carpenter Street when he heard shots and felt pain, police said.

He was hit in his right leg and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition, police said.

The boy was a documented gang member, police said.

• At 1:57 a.m., a 23-year-old man was shot in Little Village, police said.

• At 11:45 p.m. Saturday, a 22-year-old man was shot in Grand Boulevard, police said. The man was sitting in a parked car int he 700 block of East 45th Street when someone in a dark-colored car pulled up next to him and fired shots.

• At 9:24 p.m., a 44-year-old man was shot in Austin, police said.

Police responded to a call of a person shot and found the man wounded on the sidewalk in the 100 block of South Kilpatrick Avenue.

He was hit in his back and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition, police said.

• At 9:17 p.m., two 23-year-old men were shot in Austin, police said.

The men were standing on the street in the 4800 block of West Washington Boulevard when someone drove by in a vehicle and fired shots, police said.

One of the victims was hit in his back and taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said. The other man was hit in his left calf and was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in stable condition.

• At 9 p.m., a 55-year-old man was shot in South Chicago, police said.

The man was on the sidewalk in the 8100 block of South Coles Avenue when another man walked toward him and fired shots, police said.

He was hit in both of his legs and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in stable condition, police said.

• At 7:45 p.m., a 36-year-old man was shot in Washington Park, police said.

The man was walking on the sidewalk in the 5700 block of South Calumet Avenue when someone began firing at him, police said.

He was hit in his back and right leg and was taken to Stroger Hospital in stable condition, police said.

• At 5:45 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in West Woodlawn, police said.

The boy was outside in the 6200 block of South Eberhart Avenue when a man dressed in all black approached him and shot him, police said.

He was hit in his right foot and was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in stable condition, police said.

• At 4:20 p.m., a 25-year-old man and a 23-year-old man were shot in Heart of Chicago, police said.

The 25-year-old man was sitting outside in the 2000 block of South Paulina Street when two men in a light-colored vehicle drove by and fired shots, police said. The 23-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the same area and was hit in his stomach.

The 25-year-old was hit in his leg and taken to University of Chicago Medicine in stable condition, and the 23-year-old was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, police said.

The 23-year-old man did not appear to be the intended target, police said.

• At 3:15 p.m., a 19-year-old man was shot in Chicago Lawn, police said.

The man was walking northbound in the 7000 block of South Artesian Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain, police said. 

He was hit in his back and left leg and was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition, police said.

• At 2 p.m., a 27-year-old man was shot in Edgewater, police said.

No one was in custody.

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