Three people were killed within a 90-minute span on Saturday morning, and at least nine others have been injured in gun violence so far this weekend in the city of Chicago.
Just after midnight on Saturday morning, officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 1800 block of West 87th Street, and when they arrived on the scene, they found a man lying in an alley with a gunshot wound to his head.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and police are still investigating the shooting.
An hour later, a 19-year-old woman was shot to death in the 2100 block of South Rockwell, police said. The woman was sitting in a car at a red light when a person in a dark-colored sedan opened fire, striking her multiple times in the head.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver of the car, a 22-year-old man, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition with a gunshot wound to his left arm.
Police are still looking for suspects in the shooting.
Just a half an hour after that shooting, another person was killed in the 3900 block of West Roscoe. Witnesses say they heard an argument in the hallway of a building and then heard gunfire, prompting them to call police.
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When authorities arrived, they discovered a woman in the hallway with a gunshot wound to her head. She was pronounced dead at the scene, and police are still searching for a suspect.
Just after 6 p.m. on Friday evening, a 30-year-old man was in the 6400 block of North Campbell when a person walked up to him with a gun and demanded his possessions, police said.
The victim then tried to grab the gun from the offender, who shot him several times in the leg before fleeing into an alley.
The victim was taken to St. Francis in stable condition, and police are still looking for the attempted robber.
Friday:
- A 28-year-old man was on the street in the 1500 block of South Drake at approximately 3:25 p.m. when a dark blue sedan pulled up and an occupant opened fire. The man was shot in the lower left leg and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.
- A 48-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery in the 100 block of North Parkside at approximately 5:30 p.m., police said. When the victim was approached by the gunman, he knocked the gun out of his hands, but it fired when it hit the ground. The victim was struck in the foot, and was taken to West Suburban Hospital in stable condition.
Saturday:
- A total of four people were injured when someone opened fire during a fight in the 4400 block of West Madison. All four victims, a 44-year-old man, a 26-year-old woman, a 28-year-old woman, and a 35-year-old woman, were taken to Stroger Hospital, where they are all in stable condition, police said.
- A 25-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot in the 400 block of North Harding, police said. At approximately 2:35 a.m., the man was standing on a sidewalk when two men walked up to him and opened fire, striking him in the left shoulder and both legs. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
