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Shootings Kill 1 Person, Wound 9 Since Monday

By Kelly Bauer | April 18, 2017 7:51am
 Shootings have killed one person and wounded nine since Monday.
Shootings have killed one person and wounded nine since Monday.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have killed one person and wounded nine since Monday.

• At 11:25 a.m. Monday, a man was shot to death and a woman critically wounded in South Shore.

In non-fatal shootings:

• At 12:36 a.m. Tuesday, a 25-year-old woman was shot near the border of the Near West Side and Garfield Park.

• At 9:48 p.m., a 24-year-old man was shot in Garfield Park, police said. The man was walking on the sidewalk in the 4000 block of West Washington Boulevard when a man walked up and fired shots.

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

• At 6:21 p.m., a 25-year-old man was shot in Chicago Lawn, police said. The man was walking in an alley in the 6500 block of South Maplewood Avenue when he heard shots and realized he'd been hit.

The man was hit in his groin and took himself to Holy Cross Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 3:48 p.m., an 18-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in West Englewood, police said. The man was walking in the 6600 block of South Justine Street when two men came up behind him and demanded money.

The man tried to run away and the men shot at him, grazing the man's left index finger, police said. The man took himself to St. Bernard Hospital in good condition. He was treated and released.

• At 12:24 p.m., two people were shot in the Near West Side. One was seriously wounded.

• At 11:26 a.m., a 19-year-old man was shot in Washington Heights.

• At 10:11 a.m., a man was shot in Austin.

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

The start of April has been particularly violent in Chicago, with 25 murders April 1-13.