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Shootings Kill 1 Person, Wound 10 Since Saturday, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | March 26, 2017 10:18am
 Shootings have killed one person and wounded 10 since Saturday, police said.
Shootings have killed one person and wounded 10 since Saturday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have killed one person and wounded 10 since Saturday, police said.

• At 3:03 p.m. Saturday, a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in Austin.

In non-fatal shootings:

• At 4:34 a.m. Sunday, a 54-year-old man was shot in Garfield Park, police said. The man was arguing with a man in the 300 block of South Pulaski Road when the other man took out a gun and shot the victim.

The victim was hit in his left arm and taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said.

The shooter stayed at the scene and was taken into custody, police said.

• At 2:45 a.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in Auburn Gresham, police said. The man was driving a car in the 7600 block of South Winchester Avenue when another car pulled alongside him and someone inside fired shots.

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

• At 1:40 a.m., three people were shot in Auburn Gresham, police said. The three were in an apartment building vestibule in the 900 block of West 76th Street when they got into an argument with another group of people.

Two men took out guns and fired shots at the victims, police said.

A 30-year-old woman was shot multiple times and a 29-year-old man was shot in his back, police said. They were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition. A third victim, a 28-year-old woman who had her chest grazed by a bullet, refused medical attention.

• At 12:25 a.m., a 25-year-old man was shot in Austin, police said. The man was sitting in a parked car in the 100 block of North Laporte Avenue when a maroon-colored Jeep pulled up and several people in the car fired shots at the man and then drove away.

The man's right shoulder was grazed by a bullet and he was taken to an area hospital in good condition, police said.

The man was a documented gang member, a police source said.

• At 9:06 p.m., a 28-year-old man was shot in West Pullman, police said. The man was in the 12200 block of South Green Street when his faced and hand were grazed by bullets.

The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in good condition, police said.

No further information was immediately available.

• At 9 p.m., a 32-year-old man was shot in West Pullman, police said. The man was standing on a street corner in the 12200 block of South Carpenter Street when a man walked up to him, took out a gun and fired a shot.

The victim was hit in his left hand and took himself to Metro South Hospital in good condition, police said.

• At 5:08 p.m., a 16-year-old boy was shot in the Near West Side.

• At 1:36 p.m., a 24-year-old woman was shot in Burnside, police said. The woman was driving in the 1500 block of East 95th Street when a car sped past her and someone in the car fired shots at her.

The woman was hit in her right leg and took herself to Trinity Hospital, where she was in good condition, police said.

The shooting appeared to be related to road rage, police said.

• Also, at 2:13 p.m. Saturday, a 20-year-old man took himself to Mercy Hospital after being shot the day before in Archer Heights, police said. He told officers that at 10 p.m. Friday he was in the 5100 block of South Kostner Avenue when a car drove by and someone inside fired shots at him.

The man was hit in the lower left side of his body and was in good condition, police said.

No one was in custody in these shootings unless otherwise noted.