CHICAGO Four people were shot, one of them fatally, Monday in Chicago including a 52-year-old man who was shot and killed while riding in the backseat of a car in Irving Park on the Northwest Side.
He was shot by someone inside a passing Honda Odyssey about 4:45 a.m. in the 4100-block of West Irving Park Road, Chicago police said. The man, shot in his legs, was driven to Community First Hospital and was set to be transferred to Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Police said he was pronounced dead about 7 a.m. He was identified as Ramon Gonalez-Borrego of Melrose Park, the Cook County medical examiner s office said.
CHICAGO Twenty-seven people have been shot and five killed so far in Chicago weekend gun violence, including a 5-year-old girl.
They were in a vehicle just before 6 p.m. in the 900 block of West 76th Street when someone unleashed gunfire, Chicago police said.
The girl was struck in the buttocks area while the man suffered gunshot wounds to his back and forearm, police said.
Police said the pair showed up at Holy Cross Hospital, where they are in good condition.
The girl will be transferred to Comer Children s Hospital and the man will be taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.