5 Killed, 7 Wounded In Valentine's Day Shootings
CHICAGO (CBS) -- At least 12 people were shot across Chicago's South and West sides on Valentine's Day, leaving a toddler and four more people dead.
The 2-year-old boy was in a car with his pregnant 25-year-old aunt and a 26-year-old man about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in a North Lawndale neighborhood alley when another vehicle pulled up in the 2300 block of South Kenneth, and someone got out and started shooting, according to Chicago Police.
The toddler, identified as Lavontay White, and the man were both shot in the head and died at Stroger Hospital, authorities said. The woman was shot in the abdomen and taken in fair condition to Mount Sinai Hospital. She had been streaming video on a Facebook Live feed that captured the attack.
Lavontay was the third child shot in the city in three days, and the second to die.
The day's latest slaying happened about 2:40 p.m. in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. A 62-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle parked in the 3400 block of West Walnut when a dark-colored Jeep pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire. The man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:55 p.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said.
Just before noon, 23-year-old James Johnson was shot to death when someone walked up to him in a South Shore neighborhood store in the 2000 block of East 71st Street and shot him in the chest. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:38 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Tuesday's first fatal shooting happened about 9:30 a.m. in a separate North Lawndale neighborhood attack in the 4100 block of West 18th Street. A 30-year-old man was riding in a vehicle when another car pulled up and someone inside it shot him in the chest, police said. The driver took him to Mount Sinai, where he died. His name has not been released.
The latest nonfatal shooting happened about 10 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood, where an 18-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Hubbard when he heard gunfire and realized he'd been shot in the left leg, police said. He later showed up at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where he was listed in good condition.
Earlier Tuesday evening, a 22-year-old man was shot in the lower back and buttocks in Humboldt Park. He was walking in the 1600 block of North Keeler about 7:15 p.m. when a dark-colored sedan pulled up and someone inside opened fire, police said. The man drove himself to Norwegian American Hospital and was transferred to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
About 4:15 p.m., a 29-year-old man was exiting a business in the 200 block of South Laramie in Austin when another male wearing a mask walked up and opened fire, police said. The 29-year-old pulled out his own gun and returned fire before the masked suspect jumped into a silver BMW SUV, which sped away westbound on Adams. The man was shot in the left arm and buttocks and taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized. A 28-year-old woman was struck by stray gunfire, suffering a graze wound to the left hand. She was taken in good condition to Loretto Hospital. The 29-year-old's gun was recovered at the scene and charges were expected.
In more Austin violence, a 28-year-old man was shot in the leg about 11:15 a.m. in the 1300 block of North Mayfield, police said. He was treated by paramedics at the scene and was listed in good condition.
Tuesday's first shooting happened about 2:30 a.m. in a Lawndale home invasion in the 1400 block of South Central Park. Two people forced their way inside, and then shot through the door of a 19-year-old man's room before taking off, police said. He was shot in the side and taken to Mount Sinai in good condition.
More than 400 people have been shot, 69 fatally, in Chicago over the first seven weeks of the year.
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