5 Killed, 38 Wounded in Shootings Since Friday Evening

Five people have died and at least 38 others have been wounded in shootings in Chicago since Friday evening, including a 14-year-old boy who died after being shot in the head.

The boy was outside in the 4400 block of South Greenwood in the Kenwood neighborhood at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday with a 15-year-old boy when shots rang out from a passing vehicle, police said.

The 14-year-old was shot in the head and died at the scene, and the 15-year-old was struck twice in the leg and taken to the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital in stable condition.

Witnesses told police there was an altercation at a nearby park before the shooting, but it is unclear if the altercation was related to the attack.

The first fatal shooting happened at about 6 p.m. Saturday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. A 38-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 1200 block of North Keeler with a group of people when two unknown offenders emerged from an alley and opened fire, police said.

The man was struck in the back and the neck and taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Early Sunday morning, one person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting that led to a rollover crash in the Englewood neighborhood.

Around 2 a.m., a group of people were standing outside near 57th Street and LaSalle when an offender approached and started shooting at them, according to police. At least one person in the group returned fire.

Six people on the street were shot, including a 28-year-old man who died after he was taken to St. Bernard Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said.

During the shooting, a dark-colored SUV driving in the area was caught in the crossfire and subsequently rolled over, injuring all six people inside the car, police said.

Another shooting Sunday morning left a 31-year-old man dead. Police were called to the 11700 block of South LaSalle at about 5:25 a.m., where they found the man unresponsive inside a vehicle parked in an alley.

The man had suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his body, police said. He was transported to Roseland Hospital in critical condition, but he was later pronounced dead.

In the most recent fatal shooting, an 18-year-old man was shot to death in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. The man was in the 8400 block of South Hermitage at about 10:35 a.m. when he was shot multiple times in the face and body, police said.

The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

In the weekend's first non-fatal shooting, a man and a woman were shot by another man in a restaurant in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood, according to Chicago police.

The shooter allegedly got into an argument with a woman at the restaurant in the 4300 block of South Prairie at about 7:20 p.m. Friday. The man was then asked to leave the restaurant, but he later returned with a gun and opened fire, striking the 25-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man, police said.

The woman was shot in the left leg and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and the man was shot in the right leg and taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, police said. Both were listed in serious condition Saturday.

No one is in custody for the shooting, and Area Central detectives are investigating the incident.

Several others were injured in shootings over the weekend: 

• Two men, ages 18 and 20, were shot at about 7:50 p.m. Friday in the 4300 block of South Campbell in the Brighton Park neighborhood. The younger man was shot in the left leg and suffered a graze wound to the head, and the other man suffered a graze wound to the back.
• Three men, ages 30, 38 and 41, were shot at about 11 p.m. Friday in the 400 block of South Central in the Austin neighborhood. The 30-year-old man was struck in the cheeks, chest and abdomen. The 38-year-old was shot in the buttocks, and the 41-year-old was shot in the left ankle and right shoulder.
• An 18-year-old man was shot in the arm at about 11:05 p.m. Friday in the 5900 block of West Augusta in the Austin neighborhood.
• A 19-year-old man was shot in the right leg, right ankle, buttocks and abdomen at about 11:50 p.m. Friday in the 7100 block of South Ashland in the West Englewood neighborhood.
• A 31-year-old man was shot in the face, neck and abdomen at about 1:25 a.m. Saturday in the 2700 block of West Augusta in the West Town neighborhood.
• A 27-year-old man was shot in the right knee and left hip at about 2:10 a.m. Saturday in the 7400 block of South Eggleston in the Englewood neighborhood.
• Two men were shot while riding in a car traveling northbound on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 71st Street at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Illinois State Police.
• Two people — a 25-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman — were shot at about 3:10 a.m. Saturday in the 7300 block of South Maryland in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. The man was shot in the right thigh, and the woman was shot in the ankle, shoulder, neck and hand.
• A 24-year-old man was shot in the upper left thigh at about 3:25 a.m. Saturday in the 2100 block of West Cullerton in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood.
• A 30-year-old woman was shot in the leg at about 8 a.m. Saturday near 84th Street and Ingleside in the Chatham neighborhood.
• A 19-year-old man was shot in the left arm at about 11:55 a.m. Saturday in the 700 block of West 99th Street on the Far South Side.
• Two teenage boys, ages 16 and 17, were shot at about 1:49 p.m. Saturday in the 0-100 block of West Pershing in the Bronzeville neighborhood. The 16-year-old was struck in the left leg, and the 17-year-old was shot in the arm.
• A 35-year-old man was shot in the stomach at about 4:09 p.m. Saturday in the 6200 block of South Paulina in the West Englewood neighborhood.
• Two men, ages 27 and 34, were shot at about 8:15 p.m. Saturday in the 3400 block of West Flournoy in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
• A 33-year-old man was shot twice in the groin at about 1:35 a.m. Sunday in the 5300 block of West Congress in the South Austin neighborhood.
• Two people — a 24-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman — were shot at about 2:35 a.m. Sunday in the 2200 block of South Kolin in the Lawndale neighborhood.
• A 24-year-old man was shot at about 3:07 a.m. Sunday in the 5500 block of South Wabash in the Washington Park neighborhood.
• A 29-year-old man was shot in the left leg at about 3:25 a.m. Sunday in the 1400 block of East 87th Street in the Marynook neighborhood.
• A 35-year-old man was shot in the left hip and left leg at about 4 a.m. Sunday at a gas station in the 5700 block of North Broadway in the Edgewater neighborhood.
• A 29-year-old man was shot twice in the left shoulder at about 11:15 a.m. Sunday in the 3700 block of South Wells in the Armour Square neighborhood.
• A 19-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the left cheek at about 1:20 p.m. Sunday in the 7200 block of South Wolcott in the West Englewood neighborhood.
• A 19-year-old man was shot in the lower back at about 3:03 p.m. Sunday in the 7500 block of Blackstone in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.