3 killed, 17 hurt in shootings across Chicago during holiday weekend
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Three people were killed and 17 more were wounded in shootings across Chicago during the holiday weekend.
The ages of the victims range from 11 to 64.
CBS Chicago defines weekend shootings as occurring between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Tuesday for the Presidents' Day holiday weekend.
Friday
- At 7:20 p.m. a 21-year-old man was transported to Holy Cross Hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot. The victim was listed in good condition but was unable to provide specifics regarding the shooting. The location of the shooting is unknown.
- At 10:47 p.m. Friday in the 2500 block of South Trumbull, a 23-year-old man was shot in the chest. The victim told officers he was shot while standing outside but was unable to provide further details. He was listed in good condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Saturday
- At 6:13 p.m. Saturday in the 11400 block of South Morgan, a 29-year-old man was shot in the neck. He was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in serious condition. No further information was immediately available.
- At 6:32 p.m. Saturday in the 1400 block of South Ashland, a 19-year-old man was shot in the stomach. He was then transported to Stroger Hospital where he was initially reported in critical condition.
- At 6:32 p.m. in the 1900 block of West Hastings, police responded to a person shot to find a 21-year-old man with gunshot wounds to the chest and shoulder. The victim, identified as 19-year-old Damian Gomez by the Medical Examiner's Office, said he was in an argument with another man who then shot him. The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was listed in critical condition and later died.
Sunday
- At 12:20 a.m. in the 100 block of East 118th Place, police responded to a person shot and found a woman, 19, and a man, 29, inside of a residence who were struck by gunfire. The man told officers that they were shot at by a known male offender who fled the residence after the incident. The woman was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition with a gunshot wound to the torso. The man was also shot in the torso and was taken to Christ Hospital in good condition.
- At 2:50 a.m. in the 2600 block of West LeMoyne, a 38-year-old man was traveling in a car when he was shot in the chest. The victim told police that he was shot at by someone also traveling in a vehicle. The victim was taken to Stroger in good condition.
- At 3:01 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Ashland, a 40-year-old man was inside a convenience store when an unkown person apparched and shot him in the head. The victim was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
- At 4:20 p.m. in the 7700 block of South May, a 20-year-old man was on the sidewalk when he was shot in the right hand by an unkown person. The victim was transported to St. Bernard Hospital in good condition.
Monday
- At 1:59 a.m., officers responded to a shots fired call in the 11600 block of South State Street in West Pullman. They found a 49-year-old man who had been shot once in the right arm and had also been grazed in the back of the head. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition. Police said he was very uncooperative and refused to answer any questions.
- At 11:40 a.m., two men were outside in the 6200 block of South Richmond Street in Chicago Lawn when they heard shots and felt pain. One man, 41, was shot in the chest and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition. The other, 64, was shot in the right hip and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition.
- At 1:43 p.m., two boys, ages 11 and 12, were traveling in a vehicle in the 7800 block of South Escanaba Avenue in South Shore when a black sedan started to chase them. Someone in the black sedan took out a gun and shot in the direction of the victims' car, striking them both. The victims fled to the 7300 block of South Kenwood Avenue and ran to a house on the next block south, where 911 was called. The older boy was shot once in the abdomen and was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in good condition, while the younger boy was shot in the buttocks and was taken to the same hospital in serious condition. Meanwhile, the suspected shooters ran into a home in the 7800 block of South Burnham Avenue and a SWAT standoff followed. Police late Monday said the house where the standoff took place was cleared.
- At 3:59 p.m., a 19-year-old man was on the sidewalk in the 13000 block of South Evans Avenue in the Altgeld Gardens housing development, when he was shot in the left knee. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.
- At 6:17 p.m., a 35-year-old man was sitting in a parked car in the 1600 block of South Trumbull Avenue in North Lawndale, when shots were fired – and he was struck multiple times to the body. He was later pronounced dead.
- At 7:38 p.m., a 16-year-old boy was on the sidewalk in the 5700 block of West Cornelia Avenue in Portage Park, when two people approached and one of them shot him in the right leg. The victim was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge in good condition.
- At 9:02 p.m., a 20-year-old man was found lying in the street by bystanders in the 200 block of South Hamilton Avenue on the Near West Side. He was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
- At 11:06 p.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired found a 26-year-old man on the ground in a backyard in the 5300 block of South Kolin Avenue in the West Elsdon neighborhood. He had been shot multiple times in the right leg and grazed in the head, and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition. While the victim was very uncooperative with officers and would not answer questions, a witness reported a white Jeep speeding south through an alley after the shooting.
