April 25, 2022- 9:52 p.m.
Chicago – At least 42 people have been shot, eight fatally, in shootings across Chicago over the weekend, police said.
The shootings took place from 6 p.m. Friday until 11:59 p.m. Sunday night and the victims range in age from 16 to 65.
The latest shooting occurred just before 11 p.m. Sunday in the 3000-block of North Winthrop Avenue Edgewater, where a fight occurred between three people on the sidewalk.
One person began shooting at the two victims, hitting them both.Also among this weekend’s shootings was in River North, where there’s been a lot of concern about crime recently.
A man in his 20s was critically wounded Saturday night when he confronted the gunman, following a previous incident in the 100-block of West Hubbard Street around 10 p.m.
The man shot him multiple times. He taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition.Two men were killed and two others were wounded in a drive-by shooting Saturday night in West Englewood on the South Side.
The group was standing on the sidewalk about 7:30 p.m. in the 1900-block of West Garfield Boulevard when someone inside a gray vehicle opened fire at them, Chicago police said.
A 42-year-old man shot multiple times was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
A person was fatally shot Saturday afternoon after a fight in Bronzeville on the South Side. About 1 p.m., the male was inside a home in the 4700 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, when he was shot in the chest after getting into a fight with another male, Chicago police said. He was rushed to the University of Chicago, where he was pronounced dead, police said. His name has not been released.
A man was shot and killed after an argument Sunday morning in West Garfield Park on the West Side. The man, 57, was arguing with someone in the 400-block of South Pulaski Road about 4:45 a.m. when he was shot multiple times throughout the body, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. His name hasn’t been released yet. Police say the shooter entered a car and fled the scene.
A man was critically wounded by Chicago police officers in a shooting Friday in Pullman on the Far South Side. About 5:40 p.m., police officers were responding to a call of a man with a gun in the 11200-block of South Langley Avenue, according to police spokesman Tom Ahern.
Hours later, a girl, 17, was found in the rear of a house in the 3600 block of West Douglas Boulevard about 1:10 a.m. with gunshot wounds to both of her legs, police said.
She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was in good condition, police said.
When officers arrived, they encountered the man in the street, and he pointed a gun in their direction. Officers then fired, hitting the man, Ahern said.
It was unclear if more than one officer fired.
The man, whose age wasn’t known, was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Chicago Fire Department. No other details on his injuries were available. No officers were injured during the incident, Ahern said, adding that two guns and a knife were recovered at the scene.
Three people were wounded in a drive-by shooting Saturday afternoon in the Near West Side. The group was on the sidewalk about 3:35 p.m. in the 1400-block of West Wilcox Street when a vehicle drove by and someone from inside fired shots, police said.
A 30-year-old man was shot in the buttocks and was taken in good condition to West Suburban Hospital, police said.
Another man, 28, was struck in the shoulder and was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. A third man, 43, was struck in the arm and taken to Stroger in good condition, police said.
*172 victims were killed in Chicago in 2022.
