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Shootings Kill 4 People, Wound 14 Since Saturday, Police Say

By Dong Jin Oh | December 18, 2016 10:07am
 Shootings have left four people dead and 14 others wounded since Saturday, police said.
Shootings have left four people dead and 14 others wounded since Saturday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have left four people dead and 14 others wounded since Saturday, police said.

• At 12:39 p.m. Saturday, four people were shot dead and another was wounded in a single shooting in Roseland, police said.

In non-fatal shootings:

• At 1:53 a.m. Sunday, three people, including a suspect, were shot on a party bus in Lakeview, police said.

• At 1:43 a.m., a 32-year-old man was shot in Rogers Park, police said.

• At 12:52 a.m., two people were shot in South Chicago, police said.

A 26-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man were in a parked vehicle in the 8500 block of South Kingston Avenue when shots were fired, police said.

The 26-year-old was hit in her left shoulder and was taken to Trinity Hospital where she is listed in stable condition, police said. The 22-year-old was hit in his abdomen and was also taken to Trinity Hospital where he is listed in critical condition. He was being transferred to Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said.

• Also at 12:52 a.m., a 34-year-old man was shot in Irving Park, police said.

He was fighting another man on the sidewalk in the 3100 block of West Irving Park Road when the other man took out a gun and fired shots, police said.

The 34-year-old was hit in his abdomen and was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

The victim is a documented gang member, police said.

• At 7 p.m. Saturday, a 17-year-old was shot in Chatham, police said.

The teen was walking in the 8200 block of South Ingleside Avenue when someone in a black vehicle pulled up alongside him and fired shots before driving away northbound on Ingleside, police said.

The teen was hit in his right leg and took himself to Comer Children's Hospital where he is listed in good condition, police said.

• At 7 p.m., a 28-year-old man was shot in West Pullman, police said.

He was walking down the street in the 11500 block of South Princeton Avenue when two men approached him and talked to him as one of the men pulled out a gun and began firing, police said.

The 28-year-old was hit in his abdomen and was taken to Roseland Hospital in stable condition, police said.

The victim was a documented gang member, police said.

• At 6:36 p.m., a 26-year-old man was shot in South Chicago, police said.

He was standing outside in the 8800 block of South Burley Avenue when a man approached him and fired shots, police said.

The man was hit in his abdomen and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

The victim was a documented gang member, police said.

• At 6:24 p.m., a 32-year-old man was shot in Austin, police said.

He was standing outside in the first 100 block of South Leamington Avenue when someone walked up to him and fired shots before running away northbound on Leamington, police said.

The man was hit in his groin, buttocks and right leg and took himself to Loretto Hospital where he is listed in stable condition, police said.

• At 5:04 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in Englewood, police said.

• At 12:16 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in North Lawndale, police said.

• Also at 5:33 p.m., a 9-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in South Austin in the 5900 block of West Rice Street, police said.

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

The gun is legally owned by a member of the household and no one was in custody, police said.

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