Big John and Ramblin’ Ray give an overview of the shootings and fights that happened throughout the city over the memorial day weekend.
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Dad shot girls, wife and himself: St. Charles police
(ST. CHARLES) In a 911 call, Randall Coffland told a dispatcher he had shot his twin daughters, his wife and was going to shoot himself, St. Charles police said Sunday.
Two 9 mm handguns were found in the condominium where Randall Coffland and his twin, 16-year-old daughters Brittany and Tiffany Coffland lived, police said. One gun was found near Randall Coffland’s body; the other in a closet.
It appeared each girl was shot once to the head, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Randall Coffland also was shot in the head. Coffland’s wife and the twin’s mother, Anjum Coffland, 46, was wounded in both legs, police said. Autopsies will be performed Monday.
Randall Coffland had a firearm owners identification card, police said.
The shootings Friday shook the usually quiet town of St. Charles.
Brittany Coffland sometimes shared glimpses of troubled home life that affected her deeply, a classmate related Sunday standing in front of a memorial.
“I didn’t really think much of it. A lot of teenagers think their parents are crazy,” Gabrielle Willaert said, fighting back tears. “And she would always talk about how she didn’t know if she could get her assignments done because she wasn’t having a good home life.”
Willaert, 17, was in an honors English class with Brittany at St. Charles East High School.
“But she stayed so strong, you could tell how much she was hurting . . . there was just something about her, you knew she had been through a lot. . . . She just felt like no one cared and all my friends in English tried to make her feel like she was cared about.”
Despite her own struggles, or perhaps because of them, Brittany always sought to comfort and care for others.
“If anyone was having a bad day it would be her priority to make sure they were OK, even if she didn’t know them, Willaert said.
“She had the biggest heart. She would ask every day how my life was going,” Willaert said. “She was nonstop smiling.”
“I can’t believe that something like this would happen to such beautiful people,” she said.
“Like everyone else, you wonder if you could done something to have made a difference,” said Dan Lasse, who works on the same block where the shooting happened, as he paused in front of the memorial Sunday afternoon.
Chicago Police Involved in Numerous Shootings
By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890
(CHICAGO) After the widespread controversy surrounding the Chicago Police Department from the late-2015 video release of the shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald, tensions continued to slowly rise with more police-involved shootings occurring in 2016.
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Officials detail ‘targeted enforcement’ efforts over weekend
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police officials say there was a drop in the number of shootings and homicides over the past weekend after dozens of officers flooded three areas of the city.
Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Monday there were 37 shooting incidents over the past weekend compared to 63 the previous weekend and 70 the Halloween weekend. The weekend ended with five homicides compared to 18 during the Halloween weekend.
Police say they sent additional city, state, county and federal officers into the areas on the South and West sides where crime data and gathered intelligence suggested there might be retaliatory shootings for shootings that occurred two weekends ago. There, they made traffic stops, conducted parole checks and served warrants.
Police say they made 44 arrests, including one for a September homicide.
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More Chicago Violence on an Unusually Warm November Day
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News
(CHICAGO) At least 2 people were killed and 10 others wounded in shootings, Tuesday, on Chicago’s South and West sides.
This after Chicago saw its deadliest weekend this year.
Just after midnight Tuesday, a 51-year old man was shot to death by someone in a passing car on the 600 block of North Ridgeway on the city’s the West Side. It happened just a couple of hours after 19-year old Gerald Gordon was killed and a 22-year old man wounded in a shooting in the Roseland neighborhood…on the Far South Side.
What followed were several other non-fatal shootings on the city’s South and West sides. At least 10 people were wounded.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says more than 200 new police officers graduated from the academy this week, but police can’t stop the violence on their own…
“More cops out there is a deterrent but we can’t be everywhere. So, we need our community partners. Everybody has a vested interest in reducing this crime, out there,” said Superintendent Johnson.
Johnson has repeatedly called for stricter sentencing laws for repeat offenders.
Police: 13 killed, 52 wounded in Labor Day weekend shootings
(CHICAGO) Thirteen people were killed and at least 52 others, including a pregnant woman, were wounded in shootings across Chicago over Labor Day weekend, according to Chicago Police.
The latest homicide happened about 10:45 p.m. Monday in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. A group was standing on the sidewalk in the 2700 block of West Lexington when someone in a silver minivan opened fire, police said. A 22-year-old man was shot in the chest and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Another 22-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and thigh and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was also pronounced dead.
Three other people were also shot and taken to Mount Sinai, police said. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the chest and listed in critical condition; a 17-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was seriously wounded; and a 20-year-old man was shot in the right arm and buttocks and was also listed in serious condition.
Earlier Monday evening, two men were killed in a shooting near Ogden Park in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. About 7:15 p.m., a 47-year-old man was walking his dog in the 1200 block of West Marquette when someone in a vehicle started shooting, striking him in the chest, police said. The shots also struck a 24-year-old man in the chest as he ran away from the gunfire. Both men were taken to Stroger Hospital, where they later died, police said. It was unclear if either of the victims were intended targets.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office did not immediately confirm those fatalities early Tuesday.
About 30 minutes earlier in the same neighborhood, a light-colored car pulled up to a man in the 900 block of West 58th Street about 6:45 p.m., and someone inside it shot him in the back. The man, thought to be between 18 and 25, was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where he later died, police said. Authorities have not released his name.
About 4 p.m. in Back of the Yards on the South Side, Albertano Medrano was driving in the 4500 block of South Hermitage when three people in a white van began to harass him, authorities said. Medrano kept driving away, and one of the passengers in the white van opened fire, striking him in the head, neck and back. His vehicle then crashed into three other vehicles after he was shot. Medrano, who lived in the 1800 block of West 46th Street, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:30 p.m., police and the medical examiner’s office said.
Hours earlier in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, the roommates of a 22-year-old Enrique D. Morales found him dead about 1:30 p.m. on their driveway in the 4500 block of South Whipple, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Morales was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:45 p.m. Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.
Monday morning, a man was killed and another wounded in more Englewood violence. David Baldwin, 24, was shot in the head about 9:30 a.m. in the 6800 block of South Emerald and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 2:58 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 1100 block of West 67th Street. Another man, 26, was shot in the thigh and grazed across the face. His condition was stabilized at Stroger Hospital, but he was uncooperative with investigators, police said.
About 6:20 a.m. in the South Shore neighborhood, someone walked up to an 80-year-old man in the 2800 block of East 77th Place, exchanged words with the elderly man and then shot him in the face. He died at the scene, according to police, who said the shooter was arrested with charges pending Monday night. The 80-year-old man’s name has not been released.
Late Sunday in the same neighborhood, two gunmen walked up to a 17-year-old boy about 10:30 p.m. in the 7800 block of South Cornell and shot him in the back. The teen was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he later died, police said. His name has not been released.
Just after 6 p.m. Sunday, officers responding to a call of more Back of the Yards neighborhood gunfire in the 5200 block of South Sangamon found a 19-year-old man shot multiple times. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. His name has not been released.
Less than an hour earlier, a 45-year-old man was killed and a 27-year-old wounded in another Englewood shooting. Robert L. Porter Jr. and the younger man were unloading boxes in an alley in the 6700 block of South Green when someone dressed in black walked up and fired shots, authorities said. Porter, of the 7300 block of South Green, was shot across the torso and chest and taken to Christ Medical Center, where he died at 6:02 p.m. The other man was taken to the same hospital in serious condition with wounds to the chest, back and wrist, police said.
The holiday weekend’s first fatal shooting happened early Sunday in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Juan Pita-Rosas, 32, was standing in an alley with a 22-year-old man shortly after midnight in the 4800 block of South Kildare when they heard gunfire and both felt pain, authorities said. Pita-Rosas, who lived in the 4700 block of South Springfield, was shot in the head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:05 a.m. The younger man suffered gunshot wounds to the arm and chest and later showed up at Holy Cross Hospital in serious condition.
The latest nonfatal attack happened about 3 a.m. Tuesday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. A 20-year-old man was walking down the street in the 6300 block of South Winchester when he heard gunshots and realized he’d been struck, police said. He suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized. A police source said the man is gang affiliated.
About 3:15 p.m., a 23-year-old pregnant woman and 25-year-old man were shot on a porch in the 900 block of West 53rd Street when someone walked up and opened fire, hitting her in the abdomen and him in the back, police said. They were taken to Stroger Hospital, where the woman was listed in serious condition and the man critical. Family members said the woman was due to deliver her first baby boy at the end of September.
At least 43 more people were wounded in shootings across Chicago between 9 p.m. Friday and 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Last year, 54 people were shot—8 fatally—over Labor Day weekend.
5 men killed in 3 separate shootings in Milwaukee
(MILWAUKEE) Police say five men have died in three separate shootings overnight in Milwaukee.
Authorities say the shootings happened between 6 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday.
A 21-year-old and a 23-year-old were killed shortly after 1 a.m. in a robbery-related shooting. Police say one man died at the scene and the other was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Officials say four people were shot during a fight in a tavern parking lot about 3 a.m. A 34-year-old and a 36-year-old were killed. Two other people who were injured are hospitalized in stable condition.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office says a male motorist was fatally shot while driving in Milwaukee Friday evening. His vehicle crashed into another one, causing minor injuries to its occupants.
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Retrial Ordered for 2011 Police Shooting
By Bill Cameron, WLS News
(CHICAGO) Another day and Bill Cameron says another embarrassment for City Hall in the police brutality scandal.
This time it’s a federal judge ordering a new trial in another police killing case because one of the city’s top lawyers withheld evidence from the family of the victim and then lied about it.
It’s the latest black mark on the administration of Mayor Emanuel who predicted more bad news to the city council.
“It will be a bumpy road, make no mistake about it,” Emanuel earlier said. “It is a painful process. It is a long journey because of the issues we need to confront.”
Listen to Bill Cameron’s report for WLS news here:
And in this episode there is the suggestion there is a code of silence among city lawyers.
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Police to Use Verbal Skills, Tasers
By Nick Gale, WLS News
(CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wednesday afternoon announced changes in police training, including a requirement that every officer responding to service calls be equipped with a Taser.
Speaking from City Hall, Emanuel said the overhaul includes changing how officers respond to incidents and their use of force.
Interim Police Superintendent John Escalante says they looked at 15 other police departments across the country to come up with best practices.
“Our goal is to change the way officers think when they approach a critical incident by establishing time and distance to allow for more prudent thinking and physical space to promote a safer environment,” Escalante said.
He says communication and verbal skills along with talking to the individual’s involved will be part of that training. The department will also put more emphasis on calling in additional personnel who have such negotiation skills.
Under Emanuel’s plan, the taser requirement would see officers equipped and trained by June 1, 2016.
The Chicago Police Department has been under scrutiny since a police dashcam video was released last month showing Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting Laquan McDonald. The 17-year-old was shot 16 times. The release of that video has prompted protests across the city.
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UPDATE: Police: 1 dead, 20 wounded in Halloween weekend shootings
(CHICAGO) A man was killed and at least 20 other people have been wounded in shootings across the city over Halloween weekend, police said.
The fatal shooting happened late Saturday in the in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to Chicago Police.
A man, whose age was unknown, tried to rob a business in the 2700 block of West 51st Street at 7 p.m. and someone inside shot him to death, police said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office could not immediately confirm the fatality.
The most recent non-fatal shooting happened early Sunday in the South Side Fuller Park neighborhood.
A man, thought to be in his 20s, was walking out of a party about 1:30 a.m. in the the 4900 block of South Princeton when he heard shots and felt pain, police said. He was struck in the hip and taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized. He was not cooperating with investigators, police said.
Shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, three men were shot in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side, leaving one critically wounded. They were sitting in a vehicle parked in the 9000 block of South Greenwood when a white car passed by and someone inside started shooting, police said.
The men drove to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where one of the men, 21, was listed in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the cheek, right eye and buttocks, police said. A 23-year-old man was shot in the right arm and back, and a 34-year-old man in the left shoulder. Their conditions stabilized, police said.
Less than an hour earlier, a man was shot in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The 23-year-old was walking in the 5700 block of West Fullerton at 10:25 p.m. when another male walked up and opened fire, police said. He was shot in the back and left shoulder and was taken to Community First Hospital, where his condition was stabilized. A police source said the man is a documented gang member.
At least 15 other people have been wounded in Chicago shootings since 5:40 pm. Friday.
Violent Monday Leaves 12 Shot
By Nick Gale, WLS News
It was a violent Monday night in Chicago after four people were killed and at least eight people injured in shootings across the city.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday morning, Mayor Rahm Emanuel says there are too many guns, and not enough values.
Listen to WLS Reporter Nick Gale’s report here:
“We have way too many guns on the streets of Chicago with too little values and the penalties that don’t match the values of the City of Chicago,” Emanuel said. “That gang bangers can get access to guns at will without a value system and without a sense of consequence and penalties, to indiscriminately shoot at a car with a grandmother, a mother a child and two individuals.”
Monday night’s shootings follow a violent weekend that saw five killed including a police involved shooting and 53 wounded.
@ 2015 WLS News
1 dead, 5 wounded in weekend shootings
(Chicago) A man was killed and at least five other people have been wounded in separate shootings on the South and West sides since Friday night.
The fatal shooting happened about 10:40 p.m. Friday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Two men, ages 31 and 35, were standing on a sidewalk in the 0-100 block of South Kostner when they heard gunshots and felt pain, police said.
The older man, later identified as Michael Harrison, was shot in the abdomen and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:29 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Harrison lived in the 2700 block of West Jackson, authorities said.
The other man, 31, took himself to Rush University Medical Center with gunshot wounds to the left calf and right ankle. His condition stabilized, police said.
The most recent non-fatal shooting happened Sunday evening in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
About 6:45 p.m., a 25-year-old man was standing outside in the 4500 block of South Paulina when a red SUV drove by and someone inside fired shots, police said.
The man suffered two gunshot wounds to the abdomen and one to the upper thigh and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition stabilized, police said.
A police source said the man is a documented gang member.
On Saturday at 10:25 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot inside a convenience store in th Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.
The boy and several people were standing inside the store in the 600 block of East 75th Street when a gunman walked inside and fired shots, police said.
The boy suffered gunshot wounds to the left side of his neck and his right knee and was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where his condition had stabilized, police said.
Late Friday, a separate West Garfield Park neighborhood shooting left a man wounded.
The 21-year-old was sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked white sedan about 10:15 p.m. in the 4000 block of West West End when he heard shots and felt pain, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to his left leg. His condition stabilized, police said.
The weekend’s first shooting happened about 7 p.m. Friday in the McKinley Park neighborhood.
A 25-year-old man was shot in the upper body and leg in the 2100 block of West 35th Street, police said. His condition had stabilized, but it was not known which hospital he was taken to, police said.
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1 killed, 13 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago
(Chicago) A man was killed and at least 13 other people have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon.
The fatal shooting–the first of the new year–happened about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
Randy James, 39, was standing on a sidewalk in the 5000 block of West Superior when he heard shots and realized he’d been struck in the left side of the abdomen, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He took himself to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park and was later transferred to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:50 a.m., authorities said. James lived in the 4600 block of West Adams.
The most recent shooting happened late Sunday in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
A 20-year-old man was shot after an argument turned physical in the 1300 block of South Kolin about 10:50 p.m., police said. He was struck in the head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.
Saturday afternoon, three people were shot in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
A woman and two men, all 19, were in a car about 3 p.m. in the 8100 block of South Campbell when another vehicle pulled up, and someone with a gun got out and opened fire, police said.
The woman was shot in the thigh and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. She was treated and released later Saturday.
One of the men suffered a graze wound to the side and was taken to Christ as well, police said. The other had a graze wound to the hand and was taken to Stroger. Both were listed in good condition.
At least nine other people have been wounded in separate shootings since since 4:40 p.m. Friday.
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Police: 5 dead, 18 wounded in shootings since Friday night
(Chicago) Five men were killed and at least 18 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday night, police said.
The most recent fatal shooting was a double homicide that left another man injured Sunday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
The three were shot near the 5300 block of South May at 3:42 p.m. during a possible drive-by, police said.
A 24-year-old shot in the chest and a 29-year-old shot in the back were both dead at the scene, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office could not confirm the fatalities Sunday night.
The third man, 25, was shot in both legs and his right arm, police said. He was in serious condition at an unknown hospital. More details on the shooting were not known late Sunday night.
Early Sunday morning, a 34-year-old man was fatally shot while driving in Austin on the West Side.
James D. Bradley, 34, was driving in the 900 block of North Lockwood about 5:30 a.m. when someone opened fire, police and the medical examiner’s office said. He drove about a block south before crashing in the 800 block of North Lockwood.
Bradley, of the 1600 block of West Ogden, was found dead at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds to the body, authorities said.
A man shot 8:35 p.m. Saturday in Greater Grand Crossing on the South Side died the next morning.
Dominic Delk, 25, was shot in the head during a possible drive-by in the 1500 block of East 73rd Place, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Delk was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead Sunday at 7:45 a.m., the medical examiner’s office said. He lived in the 1200 block of West 115th Street on the Far South Side.
The first fatal shooting of the weekend happened at 5 a.m. Saturday in the West Ridge neighborhood.
Danial Zaffar, 18, was found in an alley with a gunshot wound to the head in the 5700 block of North Campbell, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
An autopsy performed Sunday found Zaffar–whose home address wasn’t known–died of multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide.
A 56-year-old woman was injured during the latest nonfatal shooting in the South Side Washington Heights neighborhood.
The woman was sitting inside a vehicle in the 9200 block of South Throop about 7:30 p.m. Sunday when someone walked up and started shooting, police said. She was shot in the back and leg and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where her condition had stabilized.
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3 killed, 25 wounded in weekend shootings
(Chicago) Three men were killed and at least 25 other people — including an 8-year-old boy — have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon.
A robbery Sunday evening in the Austin neighborhood left a man dead and an 8-year-old boy injured.
Ron Hernandez, 45, was standing on the sidewalk about 5:55 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Washington when someone walked up and announced a robbery, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Hernandez, who lived on the same block where he was shot, was shot in the abdomen and taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10:51 p.m., authorities said.
The boy, who was in a passing vehicle at the time, suffered gunshot wounds to the leg and hand, police said. The driver of the vehicle took the boy to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where he was listed in good condition.
A police source said the boy is 8 years old.
About 20 minutes earlier, a Cicero man was shot to death in different robbery in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
About 5:40 p.m., Miguel Haro, 44, was standing outside with another man in the 7200 block of South Hermitage when two people walked up and opened fire, authorities said.
Haro, of the 3200 block of South 54th Avenue in Cicero, was shot in the head and taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was pronounce dead at 6:19 p.m., authorities said.
The pair were working on rehabbing a vacant home when two robbers walked up and ordered them to kneel, according to a police report. One man complied and the robbers took his money and cell phone before striking him with the gun.
The police report said that Haro was shot in the head when he did not comply with the robber’s demands. The robbers ran away after the shooting.
About 4:40 p.m. Friday, a man was shot to death in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Johnny Coria, 19, was walking in the 3000 block of South Kedvale when someone walked up and opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
Coria, whose home address was not immediately known, was shot in the chest and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:10 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said.
A man was wounded in a shooting in the 8000 block of South Manistee about 9:45 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.
Officers conducting surveillance of a home on that block saw a red four-door Hyundai Sonata pull up and a male passenger get out, according to a police source. The male walked up to the porch and fired shots, striking a 24-year-old man inside the house.
He was shot in the left thigh and taken to South Shore Hospital, where his condition stabilized, police said.
The shooter got back into the red car and fled, police said. Officers gave chase until the car crashed into another vehicle, then a tree in the 9200 block of South Jeffery.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. The passenger and suspected shooter suffered a broken arm and was taken to a hospital where his condition stabilized. No charges have been filed as of early Monday morning.
At least 22 other people have been wounded in shootings across the city since 4:40 p.m. Friday.
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3 killed, 13 wounded in Wednesday shootings
(Chicago) Three people were killed and at least 13 others were wounded in shootings on Wednesday.
In the most recent fatal shooting, a man was killed and another was wounded Wednesday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side.
Both men, 20, were shot in the 2100 block of East 79th Street at 2:19 p.m., police said. One man was dead at the scene, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He had not been identified Wednesday night.
The other man was shot in the leg. Hospital information for him was not known.
Early Wednesday, a teenage boy and a man died in separate shootings that happened at the same time on the Southwest and West sides.
Police responding to reports of a person shot in the 5900 block of South Fairfield about 1:15 a.m. found Jose R. Hernandez Jr., 17, lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the head, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
Hernandez was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was later pronounced dead, authorities said. He lived in the block where the shooting happened.
About the same time, a man who had just left work was shot to death on the Near West Side. Donatello Herrera, 35, was standing on a sidewalk in the 1200 block of South Western about 1:15 a.m. when a dark-colored SUV drove past and someone inside opened fire, striking him in the abdomen, authorities said.
He had just gotten off work at a nearby Burger King, according to a manager at the restaurant. Herrera, of the 3200 block of South Wallace, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m.
The most recent nonfatal shooting occurred about 11:45 p.m. in the South Shore neighborhood. A 22-year-old man was shot in the left thigh in the 7600 block of South Colfax and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.
Less than an hour earlier, a 29-year-old man was shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood. He was walking on a sidewalk about 11 p.m. in the 4700 block of West Van Buren when he heard shots and realized he’d been shot in the left buttock, police said. A family member drove him to Loretto Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
Another three shootings within 30 minutes of each other left four people hurt on Wednesday night.
About 10:20 p.m., someone shot a 22-year-old man sitting in the passenger seat of an SUV in the 4000 block of West Addison. His condition was stabilized at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the right thigh.
A 57-year-old man was shot by one of several people who tried to rob him about 10 p.m. in the 5600 block of West Madison, police said. He was struck in the buttocks and his condition was stabilized at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.
About 9:55 p.m., a 24-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were sitting in a parked car in the 5100 block of South Ada when a gunman got out of a dark-colored minivan and opened fire, police said. The woman was shot in the thigh, buttocks and pelvic area, and the man–who police said has documented gang ties–was shot in the right arm. They were taken to Stroger, where the woman was in serious condition and the man had stabilized, according to police.
Wednesday evening, two men were shot in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. About 7:15 p.m., the men, ages 20 and 31, were standing in the 0-100 block of South Kostner when they heard shots ring out and felt pain, police said. The younger man was shot in the right hip and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, while the older man was shot in the back and taken to Stroger. Both their conditions had stabilized, police said.
Another man was shot two blocks southeast of that shooting at 4:45 p.m. The 21-year-old was in the front seat of a minivan in the 200 block of South Karlov when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and someone inside opened fire, police said. He was struck in the right cheek and taken to Mount Sinai, where his condition stabilized.
Fifteen minutes earlier, a teenage boy was shot in the South Chicago neighborhood. About 4:30 p.m., a bullet grazed the 15-year-old’s face in the 8900 block of South Exchange, police said. His condition was stabilized at Advocate Trinity Hospital.
An 18-year-old man was seriously wounded earlier in the afternoon in Washington Heights on the Far South Side. The shooting happened in the 10500 block of South Aberdeen at 1:10 p.m., police said. He was taken in serious condition to Christ Medical Center.
The day’s first shooting happened during an attempted robbery overnight in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side. The 38-year-old woman was in the 100 block of East Garfield about 3:30 a.m. when two people walked up, announced a robbery and opened fire, police said. The woman was shot in the right calf and was taken to Saint Bernard Hospital, where her condition had stabilized.
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3 killed, 29 wounded in weekend shootings
(Chicago) A 15-year-old boy shot dead during a robbery attempt was among three people killed and at least 29 others wounded in shootings across the city this weekend.
Demario Bailey, of the 7500 block of South Wabash, was walking with his twin brother in the 0-100 block of West 63rd Street about 12:40 p.m. Saturday when four people walked up and demanded his jacket, according to the boy’s family, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Bailey was pronounced dead at the scene, the medical examiner’s office said.
On Sunday, Carlos Johnson, 17, was charged with fatally shooting Bailey in the chest, officials said.
Johnson, of the 6100 block of South Martin Luther King Drive was charged as an adult with murder, robbery and attempted robbery, police said. Johnson, who was also charged with another robbery that occurred shortly before Demario was killed, is due to appear in court Monday.
On Friday evening, a man was shot to death in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.
About 7 p.m., 28-year-old Rolando Leon was inside a vehicle in the 1300 block of North Springfield when at least one person walked up and fired shots, authorities said.
He was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene at 7:23 p.m., authorities said. Leon lived in the 1200 block of North Springfield.
A child was also in the vehicle at the time of the shooting, but was not injured, police said.
About two hours before that, a man was shot to death in a drive-by attack in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Tyrece L. Stornes, 27, was outside his home in the 10400 block of South State about 5 p.m. when someone fired shots at him from a passing vehicle, authorities said.
He was shot in the chest and side and pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
The most recent nonfatal shooting happened Sunday night in the Gresham neighborhood.
The man, 33, was standing outside about 11:15 p.m. in the 1600 block of West 81st Street when someone pulled up in a dark-colored SUV, got out of the vehicle and an argument ensued, police said.
That person then pulled out a handgun and shot the man in the buttocks, police said. The shooter then got back in the SUV, which sped away.
The man was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, where his condition stabilized, police said.
At least 28 other people have been wounded in 21 separate shootings across the city since 10 p.m. Friday.
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