Ten people were killed and at least 34 were injured in shootings citywide over the weekend, marking the third weekend in a row in which more than 30 people were shot.
The fatal attacks happened as far north as the West Ridge neighborhood and as far south as Roseland and include one man shot on the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway.
Police reported no arrests in any of the shootings.
The number of victims approached the number who were shot over the long Memorial Day weekend, when at least 42 people were shot between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Tuesday. Nine people were killed that holiday weekend.
Most recently, just after 4 a.m. Monday, police found a 44-year-old man with gunshot wounds to his e torso in the 1400 block of South Morgan Street in the Little Italy neighborhood. He was dead on the scene.
Police responded to calls of a person shot in Roseland and found 26-year-old Kenneth E. Brown between two houses in the 11500 block of South State Street about 8 p.m. Sunday, the Cook County medical examiner’s office and police said. Brown, who had been shot multiple times in his back, was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:49 p.m., the office said.
A witness told police two men got out of a black sedan and shot Brown before getting back into the car and fleeing, police said.
Two people were shot in Little Village Sunday around 8:30 p.m. in the 3900 block of West 31st Street. A 23-year-old man was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital, and a 35-year-old man was in critical condition at the same hospital.
A 28-year-old man was driving south in the 12100 block of South Halsted Street about 5:51 p.m. Sunday when someone in a black sedan fired shots, hitting the man multiple times, police said. The victim then hit a parked car, causing his vehicle to catch on fire. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.
Less than an hour later and about 1½ miles away, a 14-year-old boy and 55-year-old woman were on the sidewalk in the 11800 block of South Michigan Avenue about 6:37 p.m. Sunday when people in a nearby vehicle shot at them, police said. The boy was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, and the woman was taken to Christ Medical Center. Both were in fair condition with gunshot wounds to their right legs.
About 3:40 a.m. Sunday, someone opened fire in the 1300 block of West 72nd Street in the Englewood neighborhood, hitting an 18-year-old woman in a parked car, police said. She was shot in her head and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Five hours later and less than 2 miles away, a 36-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in an alley in the 700 block of 66th Place, according to police. He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Two teens and a 12-year-old boy were also wounded in a pair of shootings Friday night in the Douglas neighborhood.
A 16-year-old boy was standing in a fast food restaurant parking lot in the 3400 block of South King Drive just before 10:15 p.m. when someone opened fire, police said.
He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition after being shot in his abdomen.
Tywaun Donald, 26, was fatally shot Friday in the local northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway at 35th Street, according to Illinois State Police and the medical examiner’s office. Donald was pronounced dead at 10:11 p.m. Friday. Police are investigating.
Some of the other shootings, according to police:
- A 31-year-old man was in the 2900 block of West Devon Avenue in West Ridge about 9:45 p.m. Saturday when someone approached him on foot and fired shots, police said. The man was struck in his back and taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was later pronounced dead.
- A male, whose age wasn’t immediately known, was on the sidewalk in the 6600 block of South Rhodes Avenue in Woodlawn about 5:15 p.m. Saturday when someone fired shots, hitting him in his chest, police said. He and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
- Two men, 31 and 40, were wounded about 12:20 a.m. Saturday when someone fired into a restaurant in the 100 block of North Wabash Avenue in the Loop, police said. The younger man was shot in his leg, and the older man was shot in his left shoulder. Both were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition.
- Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 9:50 p.m. Friday in the 5800 block of West Division Street in Austin found a 39-year-old man on the ground in an alley, police said, with a gun in his hand. The man, shot in his neck and chest, died after being taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.
