Three individuals had been shot Monday in Chicago, together with a person who was wounded in Austin on the West Side.
About 6:45 p.m., the 34-year-old was in an alley within the 5600 block of West Iowa Street when two males approached him and one in every of them opened hearth, Chicago police mentioned. He was hit within the foot and brought to West Suburban Medical Center in good situation.
Less than 30 minutes earlier than, a person was grazed by a bullet in Back of the Yards on the South Side.
The 19-year-old was within a automobile about 6:20 p.m. within the 4300 block of South Paulina Street when somebody in an unknown automobile pulled alongside and unleashed gunfire, police mentioned.
The man was grazed on the suitable facet, police mentioned. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, the place his situation was stabilized.
The day’s first reported taking pictures wounded a 27-year-old man in Marquette Park on the Southwest Side.
He was shot within the decrease arm about 11:35 a.m. within the 7300 block of South Artesian Avenue, police mentioned.
The man was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, the place his situation was stabilized, police mentioned.
Monday’s shootings come after a weekend the place sixteen individuals had been shot — three of them fatally — in citywide gun violence.
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