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Weekend Shootings Kill 7 People, Wound 33, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | April 24, 2017 8:23am
 Shootings killed at least seven people and wounded 33 others over the weekend, police said.
Shootings killed at least seven people and wounded 33 others over the weekend, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings killed at least seven people and wounded 33 others over the weekend, police said.

Four people have been killed and seven wounded in shootings since Sunday alone.

• At 7:15 p.m. Sunday, a 19-year-old man was shot and killed in Humboldt Park.

• At 7 p.m., a 22-year-old man was shot to death in Englewood.

• At 1:05 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot dead in Roseland. Another man, 24, was wounded.

• At 12:33 p.m., a 30-year-old man was shot and killed in Washington Park.

In non-fatal shootings:

• At 9:39 p.m. Sunday, a 19-year-old woman was shot in Auburn Gresham, police said. The woman was standing on the sidewalk in the 1400 block of West 81st Street when someone in a black van fired shots at her while driving past.

The woman was hit in her feet and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where her condition was not available but she was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 9:09 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in Washington Heights, police said. The man was inside a home in the 1300 block of West 107th Street when he went to open the back door and someone fired shots through the door.

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

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

• At 9:08 p.m., a 25-year-old man was shot in Roseland, police said. The man was sitting outside in the 9400 block of South Harvard Avenue when someone walking outside fired shots at him.

The man was hit in his ankle and taken to Trinity Hospital in good condition, police said.

• At 7:35 p.m., a 19-year-old man was shot in Humboldt Park.

• At 4:02 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in Gage Park, police said. The man was riding a bike in the 5200 block of South Albany Avenue when a man got out of a car and fired shots at the victim.

The victim was hit in his foot and taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition, police said.

The shooter got into the car and drove away, police said.

• At 2:45 p.m., a 40-year-old man was shot in Auburn Gresham, police said. The man was walking outside in the 8700 block of South Honore Street when a car drove up and someone inside the car fired shots at the man.

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

No one was in custody in these shootings.

Shootings killed one person and wounded 16 between Saturday and Sunday, and two people were killed and 10 wounded Friday to Saturday.