6 Killed, 12 Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
CHICAGO (STMW) -- Six people were killed and 12 others were wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening, according to Chicago Police.
Most recently, a man and woman were found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide Saturday morning in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Officers assisting the Chicago Fire Department with a well-being check in the 1400 block of East 54th found the 65-year-old woman and 73-year-old man dead at 9:49 a.m., police said. They both had gunshot wounds to the head, and the man's wound was self-inflicted. They were both pronounced dead at the scene.
The Cook County medical examiner's office confirmed the deaths but did not release further details Saturday afternoon.
Several hours earlier, a man was found shot to death in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. Officers received a call of shots fired in the 4800 block of West Monroe just before 5:30 a.m. and arrived to find 23-year-old Eric Smith lying face down on the ground, police and the medical examiner's office said. Smith, who lived a block away in the 4800 block of West Adams, was shot several times and was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:20 a.m.
About 3:40 a.m., a man was killed and two security guards with Kates Detective Agency were wounded in a shooting in University Village.
Witnesses at the scene said the security guards pulled up to a large party outside the ABLA-Robert Brooks Homes in the 1300 block of West Hastings before shots were fired.
One man, 24, was shot in the back and was dead at the scene, police said. The medical examiner's office did not confirm the death Saturday morning.
Friends took him to University of Illinois Hospital, where the car was left outside the emergency room entrance.
The security guards were taken to Stroger Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized. One, a 29-year-old man, was shot in both thighs, his hand and his forearm. The second, a 30-year-old man, was shot in the hand.
At least one of the security guards drove himself to the Chicago Police 12th District precinct at 1412 S. Blue Island after the shooting. Police tape was wrapped around the Kates Detective Agency SUV where it had stopped in front of the precinct.
About two hours before that, a man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
Latrell McMahon, 18, and a 19-year-old man were in the first block of South Springfield about 1:30 a.m. when they were shot, police and the medical examiner's office said. McMahon was shot in the abdomen and pronounced dead at the scene at 1:56 a.m. He lived in the 1800 block of South Fairfield.
The other man was shot in the right leg and listed in good condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.
Late Friday, a man was fatally shot in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
Charles Wiley, 22, was shot in the neck about 10:30 p.m. in the 2200 block of South Kirkland, police and the medical examiner's office said. Wiley, who lived in the 4200 block of West Cullerton, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:04 p.m.
The weekend's first fatal shooting occurred in West Englewood.
Melvin Cook, 16, was shot in the head just after 9 p.m. by two males who approached the vehicle he was riding in, according to police and the medical examiner's office. At the time of the shooting, the vehicle was going down an alley in the 6500 block of South Hamilton Avenue. Cook, who lived in the 5700 block of South Calumet, was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:27 p.m. Police said the driver ran away from the vehicle after the shooting.
The most recent nonfatal shooting happened Saturday morning in the Homan Square neighborhood on the West Side.
A 20-year-old man was in the 700 block of South Central Park at 11:25 a.m. when someone shot at him before leaving the scene northbound in a black vehicle, according to police. He was shot in the left leg and transported himself to Rush University Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.
Nearly three hours before that, a 28-year-old man was shot in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. He was standing on the sidewalk in the 4200 block of West Gladys at 8:30 a.m. when someone got out of a vehicle, shot at him and ran away, police said. He was shot in the hand and buttocks and taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized. A police source said the man is a documented gang member.
A 27-year-old walked into Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the foot at 5:24 a.m., according to police. He told investigators he was walking west on Belmont near Lake Shore Drive when a vehicle approached and someone inside fired at him. He was listed in good condition.
At least six other people have been shot in Chicago since since 5 p.m. Friday.
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