4 killed, 3 others wounded in shootings in Chicago Tuesday

The attacks included a shooting on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on the Near North Side.

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An 18-year-old man was shot and seriously wounded in a drive-by Dec. 14 on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on the Near North Side.

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Four people were killed and three others were wounded by gunfire in Chicago Tuesday.

  • A man was found fatally shot in West Pullman on the Far South Side around 9:15 p.m. The man, 46, was found with a gunshot wound to his chest in the 300 block of West 120th Street, police said. He was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
  • A man was shot to death in West Garfield Park on the West Side around 5:10 p.m.. The man, 21, was near the sidewalk in the 4000 block of West Madison Street when he was attacked, police said. He was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.
  • A person was fatally shot at a Marathon gas station in Austin on the West Side about 4:30 p.m. The male, age unknown, was shot in the back in the 5300 block of West Chicago Avenue, police said. He was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.
  • A man was fatally shot in Gresham on the South Side around 3:15 p.m. The man, 26, was near the sidewalk in the 1900 block of West 79th Street when he was shot in the back, police said. He was pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
  • An 18-year-old was seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on the Near North Side around 7:35 p.m. The man was in a car going north in the 800 block of North DuSable Lake Shore Drive when another car pulled up and someone opened fire, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition.

Two others were wounded in shootings in the city.

One person was killed, and four others were wounded in shootings Monday in Chicago.

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