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Shootings Kill 3 People, Wound 14 Since Saturday

By Kelly Bauer | August 13, 2017 12:01pm
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CHICAGO — Shootings have killed three people and wounded 14 since Saturday morning, police said.

• At 6:52 a.m. Sunday, a 25-year-old man was shot to death near Graceland Cemetery in Uptown.

• At 12:24 a.m., a 27-year-old woman was gunned down in Back of the Yards.

• At 12:07 a.m., a 20-year-old man was shot and killed during a fight in Old Town.

In non-fatal shootings:

• At 4:35 a.m. Sunday, a 37-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in Austin, police said. The man was standing in the street in the first block of North Central Avenue when a black Impala pulled up and someone got out of the car and fired shots.

Bullets grazed the man's head and right hand. He was taken to a hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 3:25 a.m., a 35-year-old man was shot in Roseland, police said. The man was standing in the street in the 11300 block of South State Street when he heard shots and felt pain.

The man was hit in his left foot and he took himself to Metro South Medical Center, where he was in good condition, police said.

• At 3 a.m., a 31-year-old man was shot in Austin, police said. The man was in an alley in the 5900 block of West Wabansia Avenue when a black Nissan pulled up and someone inside the car fired shots.

The man was hit in his right leg and he took himself to West Suburban Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 2:30 a.m., a 32-year-old man was shot in Back of the Yards, police said. The man was standing on a porch in the 900 block of West 54th Street when several people in a passing car fired shots.

The man was hit in his left leg and he was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.

• At 1:50 a.m., a 39-year-old man was shot in Humboldt Park.

• At 11:19 p.m., an 18-year-old man was shot in North Lawndale, police said. The man was standing on the sidewalk in the 3900 block of West 18th Street when he heard shots and felt pain.

The man was hit in his right leg and he was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 11:10 p.m., a 50-year-old man was shot in Garfield Park, police said. The man was walking through an alley in the 3400 block of West Madison Street when he heard shots and felt pain.

The man was hit in his right arm and he took himself to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 10:41 p.m., a 37-year-old man was shot in Englewood, police said. The man was arguing with someone on the sidewalk in the 1200 block of West 71st Place when the other person took out a gun and fired shots.

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

• At 10:13 p.m., a 17-year-old was shot in Austin, police said. The teen was driving in the 800 block of North Cicero Avenue when a car pulled alongside him and someone inside the other car fired shots.

The teen was hit in his right hip and he took himself to Norwegian American Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

The teen is a documented gang member, a police source said.

• At 8:49 p.m., a 21-year-old man was shot in North Lawndale, police said. The man was standing in the street in the 1300 block of South Karlov Avenue when someone walked up to him and fired shots.

The man was hit in his right leg and he took himself to West Suburban Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 8:30 p.m., a 26-year-old man was shot in Washington Park, police said. The man was walking in the 6200 block of South King Drive when he heard shots and realized he'd been wounded.

A bullet grazed the man's left hip and he was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• Minutes earlier, at 8:23 p.m., a 33-year-old woman was wounded in the same block in Washington Park, police said. The woman was in the 6200 block of South King Drive when a man walking outside fired shots.

A bullet grazed the woman's ear and she refused medical attention, police said.

The attacker wore a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, police said.

• At 6:39 p.m., a 52-year-old man was shot in Englewood, police said. The man was in the 5500 block of South Bishop Street when he got into an argument with a man and the man fired shots.

The victim was hit in his lower left leg and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 11:17 a.m., an 18-year-old man was shot in South Chicago, police said. The man was sitting on a park bench in the 8000 block of South Crandon Avenue when two people walked up to him and fired shots.

A bullet grazed the man's right wrist and he took himself to South Shore Hospital, where he was treated and released, police said.

The man's story was inconsistent, a police source said, and the wound was possibly self-inflicted.

No one was in custody in these shootings.