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Shootings Wound 14 People Since Tuesday, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | April 12, 2017 7:48am
 Shootings have wounded 14 people since Tuesday, police said.
Shootings have wounded 14 people since Tuesday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have wounded 14 people since Tuesday, police said.

Among the victims were two 12-year-old boys and an Uber driver shot while giving a lift to a passenger in the South Loop.

• At 2:18 a.m. Wednesday, a 30-year-old man was shot in Archer Heights, police said. The man was inside his car in the 4600 block of South Keeler Avenue when several people fired shots.

The man was hit in his head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition, police said.

Several people were in custody and a gun was found, police said. Charges were pending.

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

• At 10:54 p.m. Tuesday, a 21-year-old woman was shot in West Town, police said. The woman was walking on the sidewalk in the 2400 block of West Augusta Boulevard when she heard shots and felt pain.

The woman was hit in her left leg and took herself to St. Mary Hospital, police said. She was transferred to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.

• At 9:36 p.m., a 34-year-old man was shot near the border of Woodlawn and South Shore, police said. The man was inside an apartment in the 6700 block of South Clyde Avenue when a man took out a gun and fired shots.

The victim was hit multiple times in his chest and taken to Northwestern Hospital in critical condition, police said.

• At 9:04 p.m., a 30-year-old woman was shot in Austin, police said. The woman was walking on the sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Adams Street when she heard shots and felt pain.

The woman was hit in her right hip and she took herself to Loretto Hospital, where her condition was not available but she was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 7:16 p.m., a 54-year-old woman and 23-year-old man were shot in Roseland, police said. The two were in a car driving in the 500 block of West 107th Street when someone in a black car traveling the other way shot at them.

The woman's head was grazed by a bullet and the man's head was grazed and he was shot in his right arm, police said. The two took themselves to Roseland Community Hospital, where their conditions were not available but they were listed as "stable," police said.

• At 5:52 p.m., a Uber driver — a 41-year-old woman — was shot while driving a passenger in Chinatown.

• At 3:45 p.m., a 32-year-old man was shot in Austin, police said. The man was in the 5100 block of West Washington Boulevard when someone in a car fired shots at him.

The man was hit in his back, hip and knee and he took himself to Loyola Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 2:41 p.m., two 12-year-old boys and a 66-year-old man were shot in Old Town. Conditions for the three were not available, but they were listed as "stable," police said.

• At 1:29 p.m., a 34-year-old man was shot in Grand Crossing, police said. The man was in the street in the 6800 block of South Prairie Avenue when someone in a tan-colored car drove up and a person in backseat shot at the man.

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

• At 12:03 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in Austin. The boy was walking in the 1000 block of North Waller Avenue when someone in a silver-colored car fired shots at him.

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

• At 11:02 a.m., a 26-year-old man was shot in Austin, police said. The man was in the 5000 block of West Adams Street when he was shot in the left side of his abdomen.

The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition, police said.

No further information was immediately available.

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