27 shot, 5 fatally in Chicago this weekend
By Sun-Times Media Wire
CHICAGO - Five people were killed and 22 others wounded in shootings across Chicago this weekend, including a 16-year-old boy who was gunned down while visiting a friend in Marquette Park.
He was visiting a friend about 8:45 p.m. Friday when two men started arguing with him inside an apartment in the 6300 block of South Richmond Street, Chicago police said.
The men began hitting the boy, but he was able to escape the apartment and fled down the street, police said. The men chased him and fired shots as they ran, striking him several times throughout the body.
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Eight people were shot, one fatally, Thursday in Chicago, including a man killed in Austin on the West Side.
The man, 28, was found unresponsive about 8:15 p.m. on the street in the 200 block of North Leclaire Avenue, Chicago police said. He suffered a gunshot wound to his chest and was taken to Loretto Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified him as Rasaan A. Mack, a resident of Garfield Park.
In non-fatal shootings, a 40-year-old man was wounded on the Near West Side.
The man was shot in the leg about 6 p.m. as he walked down the street in the 1300 block of West 13th Street, police said. He was transported to Stroger Hospital for treatment, police said. His condition was not immediately known.
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1 killed, 7 wounded in Thursday shootings across Chicago
By Sun-Times Media Wire
CHICAGO - Eight people were shot, one fatally, Thursday in Chicago, including a man killed in Austin on the West Side.
The man, 28, was found unresponsive about 8:15 p.m. on the street in the 200 block of North Leclaire Avenue, Chicago police said. He suffered a gunshot wound to his chest and was taken to Loretto Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet identified the man.
In non-fatal shootings, a 40-year-old man was wounded on the Near West Side.