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Shootings Kill 2 People, Wound 23 Since Saturday

By Kelly Bauer | June 18, 2017 10:24am
 Shootings have killed two people and wounded 23 since Saturday, police said.
Shootings have killed two people and wounded 23 since Saturday, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have killed two people and wounded 23 since Saturday, police said.

• At 2:40 a.m. Sunday, a 25-year-old woman was shot and killed in Streeterville

• At 6:24 p.m. Saturday, a 32-year-old man was gunned down in Back of the Yards.

In non-fatal shootings:

• At 4:48 a.m. Sunday, a 17-year-old and 30-year-old man were shot in Garfield Park, police said. The two were in the back of a building in the 3500 block of West Huron Street when several people fired shots at them.

The 17-year-old was hit in the back of her head and the older man was hit in his upper right leg. They were taken to Stroger Hospital, where they were in critical condition, police said.

• At 2 a.m., a 58-year-old man was shot in Roseland, police said. The man was in the 10100 block of South Wentworth Avenue when he was shot in his legs and left hand.

The circumstances of the shooting were unknown, police said, but afterward the man was driving to the hospital when he crashed his car on the 111th ramp of I-57. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 2:05 a.m., two men and two women were shot in Humboldt Park.

• At 11:45 p.m. Saturday, a 25-year-old man was shot in Chatham, police said. The man was walking in an alley in the 600 block of East 77th Street when someone with a gun said he was robbing the man.

The man and the thief struggled and the gun went off, police said, hitting the man in his right arm. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 7:27 p.m., a woman and two men were shot in Back of the Yards, police said. The three were in the 1600 block of West 44th Street when they were shot.

The woman was hit in the right side of her body and was taken to Stroger Hospital, police said. A 32-year-old man was hit in his right arm and right leg and family members took him to Stroger Hospital. A 36-year-old man was hit in the right side of his body and taken to Rush University Medical Center.

No further information was immediately available.

• At 7:21 p.m., an 18-year-old man and 19-year-old man were shot in Humboldt Park.

• At 5:52 p.m., a 16-year-old girl and 19-year-old man were shot in Austin, police said. The two were in the 5200 block of West Chicago Avenue when a light-colored car pulled up and people inside fired shots at the victims.

The girl was hit in her left thigh and was taken to Stroger Hospital. The man was hit in his left thigh and was taken to West Suburban Hospital. Their conditions were not available but they were listed as "stable," police said.

• At 4:36 p.m., a woman and three men were shot in Austin, police said. The woman, 20, was in a car in the first block of North Latrobe Avenue talking to three men, who were outside, when someone in another car fired shots at them.

The woman was hit in her back and chest and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.

A 21-year-old man was hit in his chest and was taken to Loretto Hospital  in critical condition. A 22-year-old man was hit in his leg and a 24-year-old man was hit in his leg. Those men were taken to Stroger Hospital, where their conditions were not available but they were listed as "stable," police said.

• At 4:17 p.m., a 15-year-old boy and 16-year-old boy were shot in Englewood. The boys were critically wounded.

• At 2:36 p.m., a 31-year-old man was shot in Woodlawn, police said. The man was in the 6300 block of South Drexel Avenue, sitting outside on a porch, when he heard a shot and felt pain.

The man was hit in his back and was taken to Northwestern Hospital in critical condition, police said.

• At 10:55 a.m., a 29-year-old man was shot in Humboldt Park.

No one was in custody in these shootings.