2 Dead, 12 Wounded in Shootings Over 5 Hours Across Chicago

The weekend’s first shooting left a 5-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman wounded Friday evening in the South Side Marquette Park neighborhood

Two people were killed and at least 12 others — including a 5-year-old girl — were wounded in shootings during the first five hours of the weekend in Chicago.

The most recent homicide happened Friday night in the South Chicago neighborhood, according to Chicago Police.

A 27-year-old man was outside in the 8900 block of South Brandon about 9:35 p.m. when two gunmen got out of a car, walked up and opened fire, striking the man repeatedly, before they drove off, police said.

The man was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where he later died, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office did not immediately confirm the fatality.

Investigators think the shooting was gang-related.

A man was killed less than an hour earlier in an Englewood neighborhood shooting that left another man wounded on the South Side.

The men, ages 26 and 27, were outside in the 200 block of West Garfield about 8:45 p.m. when two gunmen walked up to them and opened fire before running away, police said.

They were shot multiple times and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the younger man later died. The medical examiner’s office withheld his name pending family notification.

The condition of the 27-year-old, who suffered chest and leg wounds, was stabilized, police said.

Investigators think the shooting was gang-related.

The most recent nonfatal attack left a 17-year-old boy critically wounded early Saturday in the South Side West Chatham neighborhood.

The boy was on a porch in the 8800 block of South Princeton at 1:30 a.m. when three males shot him in the head, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.

A man was seriously wounded less than an hour earlier in a shooting on the Near West Side. The 23-year-old was on the street in the 1600 block of West Maypole about 12:15 a.m. when a male in orange clothing shot him in the neck and left leg. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, police said.

Late Friday, a 24-year-old man was shot in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood. He was shot in the leg about 11:40 p.m. in the 11300 block of South Normal and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in fair condition, police said.

A man and a woman were injured in separate West Side shootings about the same time Friday night.

A 22-year-old man was walking about 10:45 p.m. in the first block of North Latrobe in Austin when he heard shots and realized he’d been hit. He suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was taken to Mount Sinai, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

A 51-year-old woman was outside about the same time in East Garfield Park’s 300 block of North Central when someone in a maroon van shot her in the left ankle, police said. She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.

About 35 minutes earlier, two men were shot in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood. The men, ages 20 and 22, were walking north in the 1700 block of South Wolcott about 10:10 p.m. when they heard shots rang out and they realized they’d been hit, police said. The 20-year-old was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition with gunshot wounds to the back and arm. The older man was shot in the right arm and taken to University of Illinois Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

A 24-year-old man was shot and at Foster Beach earlier that evening near Uptown. At 8:52 p.m. he was at the beach in the 5100 block of North Simonds Drive when someone approached him and fired shots. He suffered graze wounds to the chest and neck and was taken in good condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, police said.

A man was wounded in a shooting less than an hour earlier in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. About 8:10 p.m., the 25-year-old was driving in the 3000 block of West Jackson when a van pulled alongside him, stopped in front of his vehicle, and two people wearing masks got out and opened fire before driving away, police said. The man was shot in the right elbow and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.

The weekend’s first shooting left a 5-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman wounded Friday evening in the South Side Marquette Park neighborhood.

They were on a sidewalk about 8 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Artesian when someone walked out of an alley and opened fire, striking the girl in the foot and the woman in the left ankle, police said.

The woman drove them to St. Bernard Hospital, where the woman’s condition was stabilized. The girl was transferred to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition, police said.

It was unclear if they were the targets of the shooting.

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