30 shot, 8 killed in Chicago over holiday weekend
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Would-be robber shot by concealed carry holder inside cell phone store in Chicago
A man on the scene shot and killed the robbery suspect, police said. Police said the shooter had a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
CHICAGO - At least eight people were killed and 22 others wounded in citywide
shootings over the extended holiday weekend.
In the latest fatal attack, a man was shot to death Monday morning on the
About 4 a.m., the man, 57, was headed south in a vehicle in the 2300 block of South Wood Street when someone in a gold-colored SUV opened fire, striking him multiple times in the back, Chicago police said. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Early Sunday morning, three people were shot, one fatally, in South Chicago, police said.
About 3:55 a.m., a 24-year-old woman and two men, both 36 years old, were outside in the 8300 block of South Paxton Avenue when someone fire shots, Chicago police said.
The woman was sitting in a parked vehicle at the time of the shooting and was struck on the body, police said. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, police said.
One man was grazed on the neck and shot in the leg, police said, and the other man was also shot in the leg. Both were transported to the same hospital in fair condition.
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Residents in the Windy City endured another deadly weekend over the Christmas break, when at least 7 people were murdered and 27 injured in a series of shootings across the nation’s third largest metropolis.
“The Chicago Sun-Times reported that three people were killed in South Chicago early Sunday in a shooting. The three fatalities on Christmas included a shooting victim in Gage Park. A 20-year-old male was found with gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen, the report said,” reports Fox News.
“The Rockford Register Star reported that 2020 has been the city’s deadliest year for homicides, according to records that date back to 1965. Thirty-five people have been killed in the city this year, breaking the previous record of 31 in 1996,” adds Fox.