36 shot, 4 fatally, in Chicago this weekend
CHICAGO - At least 36 people were wounded in shootings across Chicago this weekend, including an armed person who was fatally shot by police early Monday in Little Village on the Southwest Side.
Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert about 2:35 a.m. in the 2400 block of South Sawyer Avenue and saw two people standing in an alley, police spokesman Tom Ahern said on Twitter.
One armed person ran from the scene and was shot by a police officer during an "armed confrontation," Ahern said. That person was pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a statement. The other person was arrested, according to Ahern, who shared a photo of a gun allegedly recovered at the scene. No charges have been filed.
In other fatal attacks, a 32-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday afternoon in Logan Square on the Northwest Side.
About 4:35 p.m., he was in the 3500 block of West Cortland Avenue, when he was shot in the neck and head, Chicago police said. He was rushed to Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet identified the man.
A 36-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday in West Pullman on the South Side.
About 11:40 p.m., he was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 700 block of East 103rd Street when three male suspects approached him and one of the males fired shots, Chicago police said.
The man suffered gunshot wounds in the chest, arm and buttocks, police said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified him as Kieer Pargo, of Englewood.
Also Saturday, a 29-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday on the South Side.
About 6:05 p.m., he was inside a vehicle in the 11900 block of South Prairie Avenue, when a vehicle pulled alongside him and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said. He was struck multiple times and brought to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he died, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet identified the man.
In nonfatal shootings, four men were critically hurt in a shooting late Sunday in Chatham on the South Side.
Just before midnight, the men were shot in the 8700 block of South State Street, Chicago Fire Department officials said.
Two men were transported in serious-to-critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, fire officials said. The others were also taken in serious-to-critical condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center.
A 48-year-old man was shot in an attempted robbery early Sunday in Roseland on the Far South Side.
He was standing outside about 12:40 a.m. in the 10500 block of South Michigan Avenue when a person approached him and demanded his money, police said. The man refused and reached for the armed suspect’s handgun, according to police.
The gunman fired a shot and struck the man in the knee before fleeing the scene, police said. The man self-transported to Roseland Hospital in good condition.
A 31-year-old man was shot while riding in a funeral procession Saturday in Gresham on the South Side.
He was riding in a vehicle about 6:50 p.m. when someone fired shots as the procession passed through the 7600 block of South Ashland Avenue, police said. He was struck in the abdomen and arm, and rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.
A teenage bystander was wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon East Garfield Park on the West Side.
The 17-year-old boy was walking about 4:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of West Ohio Street when someone in a vehicle drove by and fired shots at a nearby group of people, police said. Someone in the group returned fire, and the boy was caught in the crossfire, taking a bullet to the chest.
He was brought to Mt. Sinai Hospital in good condition, police said.
Hours earlier, four people were wounded, two critically, in Austin on the West Side.
The group was standing outside about 12:10 p.m. when someone fired shots at them in the 500 block of North Leamington Avenue, police said.
One man, 64, was struck in the leg, and another, 54, was struck in the thigh, police said. Both were taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition. A third man, 42, was grazed on the back and treated at the scene.
A fourth victim later showed up at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, and was listed in good condition, police said.
In the weekend’s earliest reported shooting, a man was shot Friday evening in East Garfield Park on the West Side.
The man, 22, heard shots and felt pain about 6:55 p.m. in the 3300 block of West Ohio Street, Chicago police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to his buttocks and was listed in fair condition.
At least 20 other people were wounded in citywide shootings between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday.
Twenty people were shot, four fatally, last weekend in Chicago.