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A man was standing at a bus turnaround in the 7900 block of South Halsted Street when an armed male approached and demanded his belongings, Chicago police said. As he ran away the male opened fire.
Achilles C. Beasley, 18, was sitting in a vehicle in the 1800 block of West 88th Street about 6:05 p.m. Sunday when he was hit in the leg by gunfire, police said. He died at a hospital.
The Chicago Department of Water Management said tests for E. coli and other harmful bacteria showed tap water is safe to drink.
Thousands of residents are without drinkable water. Many lined up Wednesday at Ridge Park for bottled water handed out by the city.
Five men ranging in age from 18 to 59 were killed in the shootings including a double-homicide involving a tow-truck driver in Roseland.
Just before 11 p.m., Trumaine Hatchett, 18, was in a home in the 8500 block of South Parnell Avenue when he was shot multiple times in the body, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
About 11 p.m., the 30-year-old man was standing in the street with a crowd in the 8400 block of South Kerfoot Avenue when he was shot in the torso, Chicago police said.
The Rev. Michael Pfleger, whose peace marches are legendary, shifts to a media campaign to reach parents.
A 47-year-old man was near a sidewalk in the 8700 block of South Carpenter Street about 3:15 p.m. when he was shot in the back, police said.
Damien Nelson, 44, was found in the 1400 block of South Morgan Street and pronounced dead on the scene early Monday.
The fire started about 9 a.m. in the 7700 block of South Peoria Street.
Kwiese Hughes was shot around 1:20 a.m. Monday, police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
A 21-year-old man entered an apartment in the 8100 block of South Laflin Street and shot a 36-year-old man one time in the abdomen before fleeing, police said.
An 18-year-old man was in the 7700 block of South Honore Street about 5:48 p.m. when someone shot him in the left side of his chest, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in critical condition.
Kevin Garrett, 18, faces a felony count of first-degree murder in the death of an acquaintance Saturday in the 8200 block of South Elizabeth Street.
Two people were killed and four wounded in separate mass attacks in Austin. The toll surpassed that of the weekend of March 15, when 23 people were shot and five killed.
The man, 32, was shot while driving in the 8200 block of South Ashland Avenue, according to Chicago police.
The drive-by shooting happened around 9:20 p.m. Friday in a parking lot in the 800 lock of West 87th Street.
The life-size sculpture, titled Thou Shalt Not Kill, shows a hooded victim of gun violence face down on the ground, bullet holes etched into his back, while Jesus weeps over him.
About 12:15 p.m., four adults and the newborn were in a vehicle in the 7900 block of South Wood Street when someone began firing at them, hitting two people in the car, according to the Chicago police.