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Shootings Kill 2 People, Wound 4 Since Tuesday

By Kelly Bauer | September 27, 2017 8:03am
 Shootings have killed two people and wounded four others since Tuesday morning, police said.
Shootings have killed two people and wounded four others since Tuesday morning, police said.
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CHICAGO — Shootings have killed two people and wounded four others since Tuesday morning, police said.

• At 8:16 p.m. Tuesday, a 44-year-old man was shot to death in West Pullman.

• At 12:45 p.m., a 21-year-old man was slain in a shooting in South Shore. Another man, 24, was critically wounded.

In non-fatal shootings:

• At 1:26 a.m. Wednesday, an 18-year-old man was shot in Washington Park, police said. The man was a passenger in a car in the 5700 block of South Prairie Avenue when someone in a gray truck drove up and fired shots.

The man was hit in his right side, left side, shoulder and an elbow and was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, police said.

The shooting was possibly gang-related, a police source said.

• At 9:04 p.m. Tuesday, a 15-year-old boy was shot in Roseland, police said. The boy was walking on the sidewalk in the first block of East 101st Street when someone in a silver-colored van fired shots at him.

THe boy was hit in his back and he was taken to Comer Children's Hospital. His condition was not available but he was listed as "stable," police said.

• At 8:14 p.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in Englewood, police said. The man was at his home in the 7100 block of South Aberdeen Street when someone fired shots at him.

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

No one was in custody in these shootings.