Woman Shot in Vehicle Near Navy Pier

The shooting near Navy Pier was the latest in a string of weekend shootings that left two people dead and at least 18 others wounded

Police are investigating a shooting near Navy Pier that left a 20-year-old woman wounded.

About 12:30 a.m. Sunday, the woman was in the front passenger seat of a car in the 500 block of East Grand when someone started shooting from a vehicle behind them, according to Chicago Police.

The woman suffered a gunshot wound to her left calf, and the driver took her to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where her condition was stabilized.

Police did not confirm whether the woman was the intended target. No one was in custody as of Sunday morning.

The shooting near Navy Pier was the latest in a string of weekend shootings across Chicago that left two people dead and at least 18 others wounded.

One man was gunned down in the lobby at the Hyatt Regency near McCormick Place early Saturday.

Courtney Taylor, 25, was part of the melee that broke out in the lobby about 2:20 a.m. when someone pulled out a gun and shot him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Taylor, of the 6800 block of South Paulina, was dead at the scene, authorities said.

Later Saturday morning, a 22-year-old man was killed in the Homan Square neighborhood on the West Side.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 7 a.m. found Derrius Lares unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the chest in a backyard in the 3300 block of West Polk, authorities said.

Lares was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later. He lived in the 6600 block of South Hoyne.

Friday night, a 19-year-old Loyola University student was critically wounded in a shooting near the Rogers Park neighborhood school.

About 9:15 p.m., she was walking with friends to a store in the 6700 block of North Clark when someone fired shots from a passing vehicle, hitting her in the lower back, police said. She was taken in critical condition to Presence Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston.

A gray Nissan Altima was seen speeding away from the scene of the shooting, according to police, who said the woman was not the intended target.

The university confirmed in a statement on their website that the woman is a student and said she was recovering from her injuries Saturday night. Additional shuttle services were being added for students on campus, and counselors were being made available.

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