1 killed, 7 wounded in Saturday shootings

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One person was killed and seven others were wounded between about midnight and 11 p.m. Saturday in shootings across the city.

The day’s only fatal shooting happened on the border of the Old Town and Cabrini Green neighborhoods on the Near North Side, police said.

Shortly after midnight, 24-year-old Darnell Moton was found unresponsivein a corridor behind an apartment building in the 500 block of West Division Street, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Moton had been shot in his left thigh, authorities said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He lived in DeKalb.

Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.

The most recent non-fatal shootings happened at 10:51 p.m. in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.

A 26-year-old man was standing on a sidewalk with a group of males when a blue car drove by and someone inside fired shots in the 7700 block of South Paulina, according to police.

Police investigate a shooting about 11 p.m. Saturday, September 8, 2018 in the 7700 block of South Paulina. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Police investigate a shooting about 11 p.m. Saturday, September 8, 2018 in the 7700 block of South Paulina. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

He was shot in the back and chest and was taken to Christ Medical Center where he was in critical condition, police said.

At 10:03 p.m., a 21-year-old man was seriously wounded in a shooting in the Albany Park community area on the Northwest Side. The man was standing on a sidewalk in the 4800 block of North Kildare when someone opened fire at him, police said.

He was struck in his groin area and was taken in serious condition to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, according to police.

About 8:20 p.m., a man was shot in the Little Village neighborhood on the South Side.

The 36-year-old was standing on a sidewalk in the 2700 block of South Pulaski Road when a gunman exited a tan-colored car and opened fire, according to police.

He was struck in his hand and refused medical attention, police said.

Ten minutes earlier, a 23-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

About 8:10 p.m., the man was walking in the 1100 block of North Lorel Avenue when he was approached by two gunmen who opened fire, according to police.

He was shot in his leg and was taken to West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, police said. He was in good condition.

Another man was wounded in a shooting about 2:40 a.m. in in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.

The 33-year-old man was standing on a sidewalk in the 1600 block of North Talman Avenue when heard gunfire and realized he’d been hit, police said.

He was struck in his abdomen and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

Two minutes earlier, a woman was wounded in a shooting at 2:38 a.m. in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.

The 21-year-old was seated in a parked car in a parking lot in the first block of East 83rd Street when she heard shots and felt pain, police said.

She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center with a gunshot wound to her abdomen, police said. Her condition had stabilized.

About a half hour earlier, a teenage boy was critically wounded in a shooting in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The 16-year-old was riding a bicycle about 2:10 a.m. in the 2500 block of South Trumbull Avenue when someone inside a white Honda opened fire, according to police.

The boy was hit in his torso and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said.

On Friday, five people were shot, one fatally.

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