Gresham shooting leaves 2 dead, 3 hurt at South Side party, Chicago police say WLS
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Five people were shot, two fatally, early Saturday at a party in Gresham on the South Side.
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The shooting happened shortly after 3 a.m. in the 7800-block of South Loomis Boulevard, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt.
One man transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center was listed as grave, Merritt said. Chicago police later said a 26-year-old man was transported there after suffering a gunshot wound to the head and later died.
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Chicago was hit with its most violent weekend of the year, with a 2-year-old girl, a 13-year-old boy and two Chicago police officers among 48 people who were shot.
At least six of those people were killed: Two men in their 20s at a party in Gresham; another man shot dead at a gas station in West Garfield Park; and a man found dead on the Northwest Side after police arrested a wounded man with a rifle.
The number of people shot was almost double what it was the previous weekend, when five people were killed and 21 others hurt in gun violence across the city. This past weekend had the highest number of shooting victims so far this year, according to Sun-Times records.
An 18-year-old man was arrested Wednesday and is facing charges of first-degree murder in connection with the July fatal shooting of two young people in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said.
Chicago police fire shots during SWAT incident in Gresham; no one injured
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CHICAGO - Chicago’s police oversight agency is investigating a SWAT incident in which an officer fired shots Monday evening, though no one was injured.
Officers responded to a domestic call involving a person with a gun about 8 p.m. in the 7800 block of South Loomis Boulevard, Chicago police said.
An officer fired his weapon but did not strike the person, according to police.
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Chicago’s police oversight agency is investigating a SWAT incident in which an officer fired shots Monday evening, though no one was injured.
Officers responded to a “domestic call” involving a person with a gun about 8 p.m. in the 7800 block of South Loomis Boulevard, Chicago police said.
An officer fired his weapon but did not strike the person, according to police.
The person was taken into custody and a weapon was recovered, police said.
Police did not provide any additional details.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating the incident, including the officer s use of force.