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Thirteen people were shot, two fatally, Wednesday in Chicago including a man who was killed and another wounded in a drive-by shooting in West Garfield Park.
The pair were standing on the sidewalk about 7:40 p.m. in the 4100 block of West Adams Street, when a vehicle drove past them and someone from inside fired shots, Chicago police said. The 33-year-old was shot in the leg and lower back and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The other man, 29, struck in the wrist and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.
A man was found shot to death in front of a home in Armour Square on the South Side Wednesday morning. A neighbor found the man, 36, about 6:05 a.m. with a gunshot wound to the head in the 200 block of West 37th Street, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
2 killed, 11 others wounded Wednesday in Chicago shootings
By Sun-Times Media Wire
CHICAGO - Thirteen people were shot, two fatally, Wednesday in Chicago including a man who was killed and another wounded in a drive-by shooting in West Garfield Park.
The pair were standing on the sidewalk about 7:40 p.m. in the 4100 block of West Adams Street, when a vehicle drove past them and someone from inside fired shots, Chicago police said. The 33-year-old was shot in the leg and lower back and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The other man, 29, struck in the wrist and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.
2 hurt, 1 critically, in shooting at Austin
By Sun-Times Media Wire
About 6:55 p.m., the men were walking past a vigil in a park in the 1700 block of North Mango Avenue when two people approached and fired shots, Chicago police said.
A 20-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the right arm, shoulder and neck, police said. He brought himself to West Suburban Medical Center and was listed in critical condition, police said.
UpdatedSat, May 1, 2021 at 9:34 pm CT
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Three people were taken to the AMITA St. Joe s Hospital in Joliet following a 1 a.m. crash along Route 6 in Joliet. (Google Maps )
JOLIET, IL A 30-year-old Romeoville man is fighting for his life after being critically injured early Saturday morning during a head-on wreck in Joliet along Route 6 near the Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Ecolab business.
Joliet police officers rushed to the 3000 block of Route 6 around 1 a.m. after learning of a crash involving injuries.
A van driven by a 22-year-old man from South Carolina was driving east on Route 6 approaching the Hollywood Boulevard stop light when he struck a westbound sedan head-on, Joliet police said.
3 injured in Joliet crash
By Sun-Times Media Wire
JOLIET - Three people were injured, one of them seriously, in a wrong-way crash in southwest suburban Joliet.
A 22-year-old South Carolina man was driving a van east on Route 6 about 1 a.m. when he veered into oncoming traffic near Hollywood Boulevard and hit a sedan head-on, Joliet police said.
The sedan rolled over off the road, and a 30-year-old man in the passenger seat had to be extricated from the car, police said. He was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, and was later transferred to Loyola Medical Center.