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One man was killed and another injured in a shooting Friday night in Belmont Cragin on the Northwest Side.
About 11:50 p.m., officers heard several shots fired and saw an 18-year-old man running with a rifle in the 6200 block of West Diversey Avenue, Chicago police said.
Officers placed him under arrest and noticed he had two gunshot wounds to the back and one to the arm, police said. He was transported to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition.
While searching the area, officers also found a 32-year-old man on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head, police said. He was taken to the same hospital where he was later pronounced dead, police said.
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Chicago was hit with its most violent weekend of the year, with a 2-year-old girl, a 13-year-old boy and two Chicago police officers among 48 people who were shot.
At least six of those people were killed: Two men in their 20s at a party in Gresham; another man shot dead at a gas station in West Garfield Park; and a man found dead on the Northwest Side after police arrested a wounded man with a rifle.
The number of people shot was almost double what it was the previous weekend, when five people were killed and 21 others hurt in gun violence across the city. This past weekend had the highest number of shooting victims so far this year, according to Sun-Times records.
UpdatedMon, May 17, 2021 at 8:55 am CT
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Kevin S. Nitsch was pronounced dead at 12:16 a.m. Friday after being transported to Illinois Masonic Medical Center. (Shutterstock)
SCHAUMBURG, IL A 27-year-old Schaumburg died as a result of injuries sustained in a crash Thursday night in the northbound I-90 lane at Addison Street. Kevin S. Nitsch was pronounced dead at 12:16 a.m. Friday after being transported to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner s Office.
Police said Nitsch was traveling on his 2005 black Yamaha motorcycle at around 11:30 p.m. when he lost control for unknown reasons and struck another vehicle. He was ejected and came to rest in the left two lanes of the highway. The driver of the second vehicle did not stop to render aid and fled the scene, according to a news release.