5 killed, 9 wounded Friday in city shootings

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Police investigate a shooting about 11:30 p.m. Friday, June 15, 2018 in the 400 block of East 63rd Street in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Five people were killed and nine others wounded in shootings across Chicago within 24 hours Friday.

All but one of the shootings happened after 5 p.m. Seven people alone were shot between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m.

A double homicide on the South Side claimed the life of a bystander, according to police.

Troy O. Hampton, 43, and 22-year-old Deandre Marshun Wallace were shot at 9:49 p.m. in the West Woodlawn neighborhood when someone opened fire outside a store in the 400 block of East 63rd Street, Chicago Police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said. Wallace lived in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.

They were both struck in the chest and later died at the University of Chicago Medical Center, authorities said. Hampton, who lived in south suburban Chicago Heights, was not the intended target of the shooting.

Area Central detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

One man was fatally shot and another was wounded in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said. Allante Claire, 25, was arguing with three other males about 10:50 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Parnell Avenue when one of the males pulled out a gun and shot the man several times in the upper body before running away.

Claire was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he later died, authorities said. He lived in Chatham.

Another man, 24, was grazed in his foot, police said. He refused medical attention on the scene.

Police investigate a shooting about 11 p.m. Friday, June 15, 2018 in the 6700 block of Parnell Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Police investigate a shooting about 11 p.m. Friday, June 15, 2018 in the 6700 block of Parnell Avenue in Chicago. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

Earlier in the morning, 26-year-old Spiros Ibrem of Des Plaines was shot to death in the North Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. About 9:30 a.m., Ibrem was drinking with several others in the basement of a home in the 5000 block of North Bernard Street, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Someone pulled out a weapon during an argument and shot him in the head, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Charges were pending against the suspected shooter, a 23-year-old woman, who was arrested Friday, police said.

About 10:40 p.m., a man was killed and two other people were wounded in a shooting in the Hyde Park neighborhood on the South Side. They were standing in a group of people in the 1600 block of East 53rd Street when gunfire erupted, police said.

Maurice Jamar Lewis, 40, was shot in the back of the head and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died at 6 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. A 31-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, while a 31-year-old woman was shot multiple times. Both their conditions stabilized at University of Chicago.

The last nonfatal shooting wounded 19-year-old man on the Near West Side. The man was walking on a sidewalk when he heard gunshots in the first block of North Western Avenue, according to police. He took himself to Rush Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg. His condition stabilized.

A 21-year-old man was shot multiple times Friday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. About 10:05 p.m., the man was walking on a sidewalk when he was shot by someone in a gangway in the 7100 block of South Seely Avenue, police said. He was taken in serious condition to University of Chicago Medical Center with gunshot wounds to his chest, back and leg.

A man was shot in his nose about 10 p.m. in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The 18-year-old was outside when someone shot him from a passing vehicle in the 1700 block of North Fairfield Avenue, police said. The man was in good condition at a hospital.

Another 18-year-old man was shot half an hour earlier. The 18-year-old was walking on a sidewalk at 9:29 p.m. in the East Garfield Park neighborhood when he was shot in the left leg by someone sitting in a car in the 3500 block of West Carroll, police said. His condition stabilized at Mount Sinai Hospital.

A teenager was shot over an hour earlier in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The 16-year-old boy was shot multiple times about 7:55 p.m. while standing on a sidewalk in the first block of South Mayfield, police said. His condition stabilized.

The first reported nonfatal shooting Friday wounded a man in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the South Side. The 24-year-old was wounded in the left shoulder about 5:30 p.m. in the 8300 block of South Stony Island, police said. His condition stabilized at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

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