10/31/2022
35 shot, 5 killed in Chicago Halloween weekend
Two people were wounded in a drive-by Sunday night in West Woodlawn on the South Side.
Two men, 30 and 28, were walking outside about 11:20 p.m. in the 6600-block of South Rhodes Avenue when someone in a passing sedan opened fire, Chicago police said.
The older man was shot in the torso, and the younger man was struck in the buttocks, police said.
Both were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where they were listed in good condition, officials said.
No one was in custody.
A 15-year-old boy was among six people shot in about half an hour early Sunday in Chicago. At about 2 a.m., the teen was walking with another person in the 5400-block of South Kedzie Avenue when he was shot in the left leg, Chicago police said.
He was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he was listed in good condition, police said.
A 17-year-old boy was found shot to death Saturday night on the Near South Side. Officers found the boy with a gunshot wound to the head about 7 p.m. in the passenger seat of a vehicle parked in an alley in the 1900-block of South State Street, Chicago police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Additional information was not available. No arrests were made.
A woman was fatally shot early Sunday in Montclare on the Northwest Side. The woman, 20, was standing on the sidewalk about 3:10 a.m. in the 6800-block of West Grand Avenue when someone inside a vehicle opened fire, striking her in the head, Chicago police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Her name hasn’t been released yet. No one was in custody.
Homicides year-to-date in 2022 are up some 35% compared to 2019 figures.
In total, more than 2,352 people have been shot in Chicago thus far in 2022.
Last month, officers recovered more than 1,200 firearms, which is an average of more than 38 firearms each day.
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