10 killed, 29 wounded in MLK Day weekend shootings

At least 39 people were shot, 10 fatally, across Chicago over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend.

The latest killing happened at 11:36 a.m. Monday in the West Side Austin neighborhood, where a vehicle pulled up to 24-year-old Allante Elmore while he was on a porch near his home in the 4800 block of West Hubbard, and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Elmore suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:30 p.m.

About 1:10 a.m. Monday, 36-year-old Marlon Pollard was standing outside in the 2200 block of West Chicago in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood when someone in a black SUV opened fire, striking him in the abdomen, face and left leg, authorities said. Pollard, who lived in the 1400 block of Darrow Avenue in Evanston, was pronounced dead at 2:05 a.m. at Stroger Hospital.

Officers responded about 5:30 a.m. Sunday to a call of a person down and found a man unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 2600 block of West Van Buren on the Near West Side. The man, believed to be in his 30s or 40s, suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:50 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

About 1:15 a.m. Sunday, 34-year-old Octavius Hudson was gunned down in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, authorities said. He got into an argument with someone who shot him in the chest in the 4700 block of West Polk. Hudson, of the 300 block of North Lockwood, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2 a.m.

Saturday night, a 26-year-old man was killed in an Austin drive-by shooting. He was outside about 7 p.m. in the 5500 block of West Rice when a vehicle drove by and someone inside shot him multiple times. The man, who has not been identified, was taken to Mount Sinai, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

Two hours earlier, an 18-year-old man was gunned down in another Austin attack. A dark-colored car pulled up to Christopher Johnson Jr. about 5 p.m. in the 400 block of South Central, and someone inside shot him twice in the abdomen, authorities said. Johnson, of the 7300 block of South Michigan, died at Mount Sinai at 1:35 p.m. Monday.

Two men, ages 27 and 39, were standing in the street at 8:05 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of South Francisco in Lawndale when someone got out of a black car and fired multiple shots, police said. The 27-year-old was shot in the head and chest and was taken to Mount Sinai, where he was pronounced dead at 8:34 a.m, authorities said. The medical examiner’s office has not released his name. The older man suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was also taken to Mount Sinai, where he was listed in good condition.

Another man was killed and a woman was wounded about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood, where at least five people went into a house in the 6000 block of South Carpenter and shot two people repeatedly. Tyrone Blake, 25, of the 6100 block of South Indiana, was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:48 a.m., authorities said. The 26-year-old woman was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital.

A 20-year-old man was slain shortly before 10 p.m. Friday in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Devonta Spraggins was driving east on 72nd Street when a white Ford Explorer pulled up to him near Washtenaw Avenue and someone inside the vehicle shot him in the chest, authorities said. Spraggins, who lived a block away in the 7200 block of South Talman, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 10:22 p.m.

The weekend’s first fatal shooting happened about 4 p.m. Friday in Austin, 21-year-old Diamond Woods got into an argument with someone who opened fire in the 600 block of North Central. Woods suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where he was pronounced dead at 4:18 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 7400 block of South Phillips.

Shortly after midnight Sunday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, a Chicago Police officer chased and fatally shot 34-year-old Herbert Johnson, who was armed and suspected of being involved in another shooting in the nearby 3300 bock of West Monroe, authorities said. A 51-year-old woman was found with a gunshot wound to the chest, a 30-year-old man was shot in the buttocks and a 21-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the left leg. The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating the officer’s use of force.

Shortly after midnight Sunday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, a Chicago Police officer chased and fatally shot 34-year-old Herbert Johnson, who was armed and suspected of being involved in another shooting in the nearby 3300 bock of West Monroe, authorities said. A 51-year-old woman was found with a gunshot wound to the chest, a 30-year-old man was shot in the buttocks and a 21-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the left leg. The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating the officer’s use of force.

At least 24 more people were wounded in nonfatal shootings across Chicago between 5 p.m. Friday and 10 p.m. Monday. Last year, 32 people were shot over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, five fatally.