Seven individuals have been shot Monday in Chicago, together with a person who was killed in a triple capturing in South Austin on the West Side.
The man was outdoors with two different males about 11:40 p.m. within the 5400 block of West Madison Street when two males acquired out of a automobile in a close-by alley and began capturing, in keeping with Chicago police.
The man was struck a number of occasions and pronounced lifeless at Mount Sinai Hospital, police mentioned.
The two different males, 22 and 39, have been taken to Stroger Hospital, police mentioned. The 22-year-old was in severe situation with a gunshot wound to the correct leg, whereas the 39-year-old was in good situation after being shot within the buttocks.
The shooters fled the scene in an unknown course, police mentioned.
In non-fatal shootings, a 29-year-old man was wounded in a drive-by in Uptown on the North Side.
About 7:40 p.m., he was sitting on the sidewalk within the 1100 block of West Wilson Avenue when somebody in a passing dark-colored automobile fired photographs at him, police mentioned.
He was struck in the correct ankle and brought to the Illinois Masonic Medical Center the place he was stabilized, police mentioned.
Two individuals have been wounded late Monday morning in a capturing that was a automobile chase in Park Manor on the South Side.
About 11:55 a.m., a person and lady have been in a automobile in an alley within the 6800 block of South Evans Avenue when a person stepped in entrance and fired photographs by the windshield, police mentioned. The shooter then acquired right into a black automobile and tried to flee.
The 39-year-old man, who had been shot within the arm and torso, drove after the shooter’s automobile, which misplaced management and crashed within the 6600 block of South Marquette Road, police mentioned. The shooter acquired out and fled on foot.
The man was in a position to drive to the University of Chicago Medical Center, police mentioned. He was handled in vital situation whereas the 29-year-old lady, who was shot within the leg and decrease physique, was stabilized.
A weapon was recovered from the deserted automobile, police mentioned.
In the day’s first reported capturing, an 18-year-old lady was wounded throughout an tried theft in Roseland on the South Side.
The lady, 18, was strolling with one other feminine about 5:20 a.m. close to 103rd and State streets when a gunman walked up and demanded their belongings, in keeping with police.
He fired one shot, hanging the girl within the left buttock, earlier than working south on State Street, police mentioned. He didn’t get something within the theft.
The lady was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, the place her situation was stabilized, police mentioned.
The shooter was described as a 200-pound male standing about 5-foot-5, police mentioned. He was final seen carrying black boots, a black hoodie and black pants.
Monday’s shootings observe a weekend through which 19 individuals have been shot — two of them fatally — in incidents of gun violence throughout Chicago.
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