Chicago 2013 shootings

Navarro Phillips, 28, tried to ditch his gun and shirt in Dumpsters to evade capture, prosecutors said.

Joseph Brewer Jr., 16, was shot dead minutes after leaving his 4-month-old daughter, his father said.

A 72-year-old man was wounded Monday when three men robbed a South Side business.

A 16-year-old boy was killed on the Far South Side Sunday.

Congressmen Bobby Rush and Danny K. Davis are looking for ways to curb violence in Chicago.

The men were killed in separate incidents on the South and West Sides.

A man is in serious condition after being shot by police. He "couldn't take it anymore," officials said.

Marshan Bradley, 21, was arrested and charged with aggravated battery with a firearm, police said.

East Garfield Park residents said gunfire has been nearly constant in the neighborhood recently.

St. Bernard Hospital officials said a spike in gun violence has created a blood supply shortage.

"I don't have anyone to help me take care of my daughter," Terrence Graves' fiancee said after his death.

Lawrence Sellers and Donald Murphy survived bullet wounds but face emotional injuries in the aftermath.

"Don't put your children in harm's way," Supt. McCarthy said, citing recent child shooting victims.  

Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said the mom had her child in a van likely owned by a "ranking gangbanger."