Uninvited Thanksgiving guest shoots host in Woodlawn

CHICAGO - A man upset over not being invited to Thanksgiving dinner shot the host early Friday on the South Side.

It happened about 3:50 a.m. in the 6700 block of South Eberhart Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood when the shooter confronted a 44-year-old man over not being invited to the holiday dinner, Chicago police said.

After a "brief altercation," he then fired at least five rounds at the 44-year-old, hitting him in the left thigh and left hand before running away, police said.

The 44-year-old was was taken by ambulance to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was listed in fair condition, police said.

Witnesses told police the shooter, who was not in custody, was the ex-boyfriend of the victim’s sister, police said.

On Thanksgiving Day, eleven men were shot and wounded, according to Chicago police.

Last Thanksgiving, 25-year-old Keyonis Langston was fatally shot on the city’s South Side and six other people including one woman were wounded during shootings, according to data kept by the Sun-Times.

The data showed on Thanksgiving in 2021, no fatal shootings occurred but seven men and one was woman were wounded in gunfire.