Two people are dead and at least 27 others have been wounded in shootings across the city of Chicago during the Memorial Day weekend. The first fatal shooting of the weekend was reported at approximately 2:14 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the 3100 block of West Ogden Avenue. According to Chicago police, a 26-year-old man was driving eastbound on the roadway.
Two men were killed and at least 10 others were wounded, including a 12-year-old boy who was grazed by gunfire in a drive-by shooting, at the outset of the Memorial Day Weekend on Friday and Saturday, Chicago police said. The first fatal shooting happened about 2:15 p.m. Saturday in the 3100 block of West Ogden Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, police said. A 26-year-old .
2 shot while driving Monday in Belmont Cragin
By Sun-Times Media Wire
CHICAGO - A man and woman were hurt in a shooting early Monday in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.
The couple were stopped at a stop sign about 1 a.m. in the 2100 block of North Laramie Avenue when when someone in a passing vehicle fired shots, Chicago police said.
The 25-year-old man was shot in the arm, leg and lower back and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where his condition was fair, police said.
The woman, 23, was struck in the head and was taken to the same hospital in critical condition, police said.
8-year-old boy and five young teens shot in Chicago over 11 hours
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Two men, both 25, were standing on the sidewalk about 4:30 p.m. in the 700 block of East 79th Street when someone came out from the alley and began firing shots, Chicago police said.
One man was shot in the abdomen and arm and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t identified him.
The other was struck in the neck, leg and back and was taken to the same hospital in critical condition, police said.