4 killed, 10 wounded in shootings in Chicago Monday

In one of the fatal attacks, a 30-year-old man was shot inside his home on the Far South Side.

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Four people were killed and ten others wounded Sept. 13, 2021, in Chicago.

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Four people were killed and 10 others were wounded in shootings Monday in Chicago.

  • In one of the fatal attacks, a 29-year-old man was shot while buying a part for his car in Brainerd on the South Side. The man was attacked about 8 p.m. by two people who approached him in the 1400 block of West 95th Street, police said. He was shot twice in the chest and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.
  • A 30-year-old man was shot to death in a home in West Pullman. He was hit in the hip while arguing with someone in a home in the 200 block of East 121st Street about 6:55 p.m., police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead. He hasn’t been identified. Officers recovered a weapon at the scene. Police initially said the shooting happened in the 2200 block of West 121st Street.
  • A man was shot and killed in Chatham on the South Side. The man, 24, was standing on a sidewalk about 10:15 a.m. in the 8100 block of South Evans Avenue when someone got out of a car and began shooting, police said. He was struck in the head, chest and arms and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
  • A man was killed on a ramp to the Bishop Ford Expressway on the Far South Side. The shooting happened around 1:45 a.m. in the southbound ramp to 130th Street, according to Illinois State Police. The man, a 49-year-old Calumet Park resident, was pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. His name hasn’t been released.
  • A 36-year-old man was shot while struggling with robbers in South Loop. He was approached by three people in the 2100 block of South Michigan Avenue, and one of them pulled out a gun and demanded his property, police said. The man refused, got into a struggle with one of the robbers and was shot in the leg. The group then stole money from the man and fled. The 36-year-old was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
  • A woman was shot when she got into an argument while driving in Englewood on the South Side. The 50-year-old tried to make a left turn in the 6700 block of South Wentworth Avenue when a blue car cut her about 4:15 p.m., police said. Someone in the other car got out and shot her in the leg. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.
  • A man was critically wounded in Little Village on the West Side. The 22-year-old was walking in the 3400 block of West 26th Street when someone in a green Dodge Charger fired several shots about 1:10 a.m., police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
  • In the day’s first reported shooting, a 16-year-old boy was shot in South Austin on the West Side. The teen was walking his dog about 12:25 a.m. in the first block of South Leamington Avenue when someone got out of a car and opened fire, striking him in the leg, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.

Six others were wounded in shootings citywide.

At least 64 people were shot over the weekend in Chicago.

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