9-Year-Old Boy Among ten Killed, at Least forty one Wounded in Weekend Shootings, NBC Chicago
9-Year-Old Boy Among ten Killed, at Least forty one Wounded in Weekend Shootings
Ten people have been killed and thirty seven others wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening.
(Published Sunday, Jul 16, 2017)
A 9-year-old boy was among two juveniles killed as gun violence across Chicago over the weekend left eight others dead and at least forty one people wounded.
The 9-year-old was shot and killed when someone in a vehicle opened fire on the car he was railing in near midnight in the three thousand five hundred block of East ninety seven th Street.
The boy was shot in the back and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital where he later died, according to police.
A 31-year-old man was also shot in the back, face and chest, authorities said. He was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center.
“I was speaking on the phone in my house when I hear screaming, it’s just screaming, screaming,” said a witness at the scene. “[The man] tells everybody in front, ‘They killed my son, they killed my son.'”
A 17-year-old was also shot and killed in the four thousand five hundred block of West Jackson Friday night.
At least eight others were killed in shootings across the city of the summer weekend.
A 21-year-old man was killed on West Pershing on Friday evening, according to Chicago Police. Two more people were wounded in the shooting, as a 19-year-old was shot in the head and palm and a 22-year-old was shot in the back.
A violent Friday night continued when a 26-year-old was shot and killed in the four thousand six hundred block of South Washtenaw. A silver SUV pulled up to the victim and one of the occupants opened fire, striking the man numerous times.
Another man was shot and killed in the ten thousand six hundred block of South Green Bay Ave. on Friday night. While exiting a vehicle, two studs were shot when a white SUV drove by and an occupant fired shots at the car.
A 49-year-old man was shot in the back and transported to Christ Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Saturday. A 54-year-old man was also wounded in the shooting after being shot in the face.
The violence continued on Saturday morning, as a 20-year-old man was shot and killed in the four thousand four hundred block of West Monroe. Police were called because of shots fired at the scene, and when they arrived they found the man lounging in the street after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
An attempted robbery ended in the death of a 60-year-old man on Saturday morning in the city’s East Garfield Park neighborhood. The victim was approached by an unknown assailant, who demanded money from him. A fight ensued, and the man was shot in the left shoulder. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A 58-year-old man was shot and killed in the one thousand one hundred block of West ninety five th Street on Saturday afternoon. At approximately Four:15 p.m., the victim was walking when a dark-colored vehicle approached, and one of the occupants fired numerous shots. The man was shot in the mouth and pecs, and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
Sunday morning witnessed two more people shot and killed, including a 31-year-old man in the three thousand nine hundred block of West Arthington. He was approached by another man on a sidewalk, and he was shot in the neck by the unknown assailant, who also shot a 32-year-old man in the gam.
A 23-year-old man sitting in a parked car in the two thousand one hundred block of East 71st Street was shot and killed when two boys walked up to the car and fired shots. He was taken to Northwestern Hospital with gunshot wounds to his chest and his arm, and he was pronounced dead a brief time later.