Homicides
In the latest fatal shooting, a 26-year-old woman was killed while driving Sunday night in Garfield Park on the West Side.
Someone pulled up alongside the woman and fired shots at her about 11:10 p.m. as she was stopped at a red light in the 700 block of North Hamlin Avenue, Chicago police said.
The woman was struck twice in the head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where she died, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not released her identity.
A 14-year-old boy was killed in a shooting earlier Sunday evening in Belmont Central on the Northwest Side.
4 Killed, 20 Wounded In Weekend Shootings
CBS Chicago 1/18/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) At least 24 people were shot over weekend across Chicago, four of them fatally.
The first homicide of the weekend happened around 12:20 a.m. Saturday in the Calumet Heights neighborhood. Police said two men, ages 31 and 32, were on the sidewalk near 92nd Street and Blackstone Avenue they were shot.
The 32-year-old man was shot three times in the chest, and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The 31-year-old man was shot in the neck and shoulder, and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition. Police said the victims could not provide any details about the shooter.