CHICAGO â Eight people have died and at least 51 others were injured in shootings since Friday afternoon, police said.
Around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, five men ages 23 to 50 were shot by a man who entered the yard where they were gathered in the South Austin neighborhood, police said.
Police did not provide additional details about the shooting, including whether there had been additional people in the yard who were also shot.
Three men were injured in a shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood around 12:45 p.m. Sunday, police said. The men were standing outside in the 3200 block of West Lake Street when they were shot at by someone in a vehicle. One man, 30, was struck in the leg and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
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At Least 12 Killed, 43 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
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CHICAGO (CBS) At least 55 people were shot across Chicago over the weekend, 12 of them fatally, including a 15-year-old boy who was shot in the head on the front porch of a home in Lawndale, and three double homicides.
Dajon Gater, 15, was on the front porch of a home in the 3900 block of West Lexington Street around 11:50 p.m. Friday, when two people approached him, pulled out guns, and started shooting, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
He was rushed to the Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition but died a few hours later.
CHICAGO – Two men died and 21 other people — including at least four teens — were injured in shootings over less than 24 hours in Chicago between late Saturday
Teen shot 5 times outside restaurant in South Loop
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About 1:25 a.m., the 18-year-old man was standing outside a restaurant in the first block of East Cermak Road when three people in a dark-colored SUV began shooting in his direction, Chicago police said.
He suffered five gunshot wounds throughout his body and was taken to Mercy Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.
He told officers the SUV circled the block several times before people inside began shooting, according to police.
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