13 shot, 2 fatally Tuesday in Chicago

In the day’s first reported shooting, two people were shot in an alley in the 2400 block of West Grenshaw Street, in Lawndale on the West Side.

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Thirteen people were shot, two fatally, April 13, 2021, in Chicago.

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Two people were killed and 11 others wounded Tuesday in Chicago including a 20-year-old man who was fatally shot in Chatham on the South Side.

Nykere Curtis was in the street about 7 p.m. in the 300 block of East 86th Street when someone opened fire, striking him in the chest, Chicago police said.

Curtis was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 7:17 p.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

An hour earlier, a man was found shot to death in Hegewisch on the Far South Side.

About 6:06 p.m., the 43-year-old was found wrapped in a quilt in the 12400 block of South Torrance Avenue, Chicago police said. He had been shot multiple times in the head and his death was ruled a homicide.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t released his name.

In nonfatal attacks, a 20-year-old man was shot to in Chicago Lawn on the Southwest Side.

About 11:50 p.m., he was on the sidewalk in the 6200 block of South Troy Street, when he heard shots and felt a pain, Chicago police said. He was struck in the right hand, grazed by a bullet on his head, and brought to Christ Medical Center in good condition.

A man was hurt in a shooting in West Lawn on the Southwest Side. He was on the sidewalk about 9:30 p.m. in the 3800 block of West 64th Street, when someone fired shots from a black sedan, police said. The 30-year-old was grazed in the head and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition.

A 17-year-old boy was shot in Gresham on the South Side. The boy was on the sidewalk about 6:50 p.m. in the 7700 block of South Aberdeen Street, when a person approached and fired shots, police. He suffered a gunshot wound to the left arm and was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

A man was shot in Chatham on the South Side. He was in a park about 4:35 p.m. in the 300 block of East 79th Street, when someone opened fire, striking him in the foot, police said. The 38-year-old was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

A woman was shot in Albany Park on the Northwest Side. About noon, the 30-year-old was near the sidewalk in the 4000 block of North Kimball Avenue, when two unknown males approached and fired shots, police said. She was struck in the hand and brought herself to Swedish Convenient Hospital in good condition.

Minutes prior a man was shot while he was driving in Lawndale on the West Side. About 11:40 a.m., he was driving when shots were fired in the 1900 block of South Ridgeway Avenue, police said. He drove to the 1900 block of South Avers Avenue, and was brought to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his chest.

A man was critically wounded in a shooting in Pullman on the Far South Side. The 36-year-old was sitting in a parked vehicle about 8:50 a.m. in the 12300 block of South Parnell Avenue, when someone approached on foot and fired shots, police said. He suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.

A 33-year-old man was shot in Burnside on the South Side. About 3:05 a.m., he was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 9300 block of South University Avenue, when shots were fired, police said. He was struck in the back and rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition.

Less than an hour prior an 18-year-old woman was wounded in a drive-by in Chatham on the South Side. About 2:15 a.m., she was a passenger of a vehicle when a passing black SUV fired shots in the 400 block of West 81st Street, police said. She was struck in the left foot and brought to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

In the day’s first reported shooting, two people were shot in Lawndale on the West Side. About 1 a.m., they were in an alley in the 2400 block of West Grenshaw Street, when someone approached them and fired shots, police said. One man, 25, was struck in the back and the other man, 23, was struck in the right side of his body. They were both brought to Mt. Sinai Hospital in serious condition.

Sixteen people were shot, one fatally, Monday citywide.

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