A minivan driver has been charged with a DUI after killing pedestrian Patsy Ely, 62, on Monday afternoon, January 4, in Logan Square. Ely was the first person to be fatally struck on foot in Chicago this year.
According to police, at about 4:50 p.m. Ely was walking in the 3900 block of West Fullerton Avenue. As she was near a crosswalk, the 41-year-old female driver of a white Dodge Caravan fatally struck her. The Chicago Tribune reported that a police spokesperson said the crash report did not specify whether Ely was on the sidewalk or crossing the street when she was hit.
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Thirteen people were shot Wednesday in Chicago, including a 26-year-old man who was shot in an attempted robbery in Park Manor on the South Side.
About 11:30 p.m., he was walking in the 700 block of East 75th Street, when two males got out of a black vehicle, approached him and announced a robbery, Chicago police said. One of the males pulled out a gun and shot the man in his hand as he tried to knock the weapon out of his hand. The two males ran back to the vehicle and fled the scene. The man took himself to Jackson Park Hospital in good condition.
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Two men were wounded in separate shootings early Wednesday in Logan Square and Ravenswood on the Northwest Side.
A 25-year-old was driving in the 2900 block of North Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square about 4:10 a.m. when he heard shots and felt a pain, Chicago police said.
He was struck in the hand and taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in good condition, police said.
Minutes later a 24-year-old man was shot in Ravenswood on the Northwest Side. He was walking about 4:30 a.m. in the 4800 block of North California Avenue, when he heard shots and felt a pain, police said.