1 Killed, 8 Others Wounded In Citywide Shootings Monday
CHICAGO (STMW) -- One man was killed and at least eight other people — including a 15-year-old boy — were wounded Monday in shootings across Chicago.
At 4:49 p.m., a 19-year-old man was shot and killed in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The man was shot several times in the 900 block of North Central Park Avenue, police said.
He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:33 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The man's identity was not known Monday night.
The most recent nonfatal shooting occurred about 8:30 p.m. in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.
An 18-year-old man took himself to Roseland Community Hospital after he suffered a graze wound to his ear in the 11100 block of South Loomis, police said. His condition was not immediately known.
About 7:45 p.m., a 22-year-old man was shot in the 4800 block of South Wolcott in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg. His condition had stabilized.
About 6:15 p.m., a 24-year-old man was in a parked vehicle in the 5400 block of West Madison when another vehicle pulled up and someone got out and opened fire, police said. The man was shot in the arm and taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition had also stabilized.
About 5:10 p.m., a 16-year-old boy was standing in the 4000 block of West Roosevelt when someone approached and fired shots at him, police said. He was shot in the ankle and taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
About 3:30 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was in the 3000 block of West Roosevelt when he heard an argument followed by gunshots, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg. He was listed in good condition.
About 1 p.m., a male showed up at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston with a gunshot wound to the leg, police said.
He told investigators he was shot in the 7300 block of North Ashland, but additional circumstances surrounding the shooting weren't immediately known, police said.
Just before noon, a 20-year-old man was shot in the back and arm in the 3100 block of West Fillmore, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.
The day's first shooting left a man critically wounded on the South Side.
About 11:10 a.m., a 25-year-old man got into an argument with another man outside a home in the 6100 block of South Wabash, police said.
The other man pulled out a handgun and shot the 25-year-old in the head and chest, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. Police said the shooter is known but he was not in custody as of 12:40 p.m.
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