1 Dead, 13 Wounded in Weekend Violence

Ages of the victims ranged from 22 to 60

A teenage boy was dead and 13 people were wounded in weekend gun violence, including a man who was shot in the back after committing a robbery.

The weekend’s lone fatality happened about 7 p.m. Sunday in the Lawndale neighborhood, where a 16-year-old boy was shot in the chest in the 1100 block of North Harding Avenue, police said. The boy, whose identitied remained unknown, was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he later died, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

A 15-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the hand in the same shooting, police said.

The most recent non-fatal shooting happened about 3:48 p.m. in the South Lawndale neighborhood, where an 18-year-old woman was shot in the wrist in the 2200 block of South Marshall Boulevard, police said. She was listed in “stable” condition at Saint Anthony Hospital, police said.

About 3:35 a.m. Sunday, a 22-year-old man was shot twice in the stomach during a gang-related attack in the 2200 block of West 18th Place in the Pilsen neighborhood, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in “stable” condition, police said.

About 12:05 a.m. Sunday on the Far Northwest Side, a male suffered a “minor” graze wound to the leg in the 8600 block of West Summerdale Avenue, police said.

On Saturday at about 11:45 p.m., a man walked into Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center with a gunshot wound to the hand, police said. The man told police he was shot at South Prairie Avenue and East 69th Street on the South Side.

About 9:18 p.m., two men were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the Fuller Park neighborhood, police said. The men were standing on the sidewalk in the 100 block of East 51st Street when a vehicle pulled up and shots were fired, police said.

A 26-year-old man was shot in the back and taken in critical condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, police said, and a 60-year-old man was shot in the foot and taken to Saint Bernard in good condition.

A police source said two people were in custody for the shooting.

About 8:20 p.m. in the Washington Heights neighborhood, a man was shot in the leg near 104th and Aberdeen streets, police said. The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in “stable” condition, police said.

About 5:30 p.m., a 31-year-old man was shot in the back after he allegedly tried to commit a robbery in South Chicago neighborhood, police said. The shooting happened in the 8800 block South Burley Avenue, police said, and the man was listed in serious condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

About the same time, a 26-year-old man was shot in the hip during a robbery in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, police said. The man was standing in the vestibule of a building in the 4200 block of West Washington Boulevard when two people approached him and shots were fired, police said.

The man was listed in “stable” condition at Stroger.

About 2:45 a.m., two men were injured in a gang-related shooting in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, police said. They were walking on the sidewalk in the 4100 block of West 16th Street when a gunman approached on foot and fired shots, police said.

A 33-year-old man was shot in the right hand and buttocks, police said, and a 26-year-old man was shot in the right thigh. Both were taken in “stable” condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.

The weekend’s first shooting occurred shortly before midnight Friday when a 48-year-old man standing on the sidewalk in the 1600 block of North Karlov Avenue heard gunfire and realized he was shot, police said. He was shot in the upper left thigh and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in “stable” condition, police said.

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