16-year-old boy shot in West Pullman
By Sun-Times Media Wire
CHICAGO - A 16-year-old boy was hurt in a shooting early Monday in West Pullman in the Far South Side.
The teen boy was standing on the sidewalk about 2:45 a.m. in the first block of East Kensington Avenue when someone inside a dark-colored vehicle fired shots, Chicago police said.
He was shot in the leg and self-transported in good condition to St. Margaret Hospital in Hammond, Indiana, police said.
Officers initially said the boy was killed in the incident, according to police.
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A 36-year-old man was shot to death early Sunday in Humboldt Park on the Northwest Side.
Duntae Manuel was sitting in a vehicle about 12:30 a.m. in the 3900 block of West Thomas Street when the gunman approached him on foot and fired shots, police said.
He was shot in the head and body and was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t yet released details on his death.
Hours earlier, a 30-year-old woman was fatally shot late Saturday in Roseland on the Far South Side.
About 10:20 p.m., she was in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the 500 block of East 103rd Street, when shots were fired, police said. She was struck in the head, body, and rushed to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead.
A 16-year-old boy was shot April 26, 2021 in West Pullman.
A 16-year-old boy was wounded in a drive-by shooting early Monday in West Pullman in the Far South Side.
The teen was standing on the sidewalk about 2:45 a.m. in the first block of East Kensington Avenue when someone inside a dark-colored car fired shots, Chicago police said.
He was shot in the leg and went to St. Margaret Hospital in Hammond, Indiana, where he was reported in good condition, police said.
Officers initially said the boy died in the attack.
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