Two men were killed -- one in Lakeview and the other in Little Village -- and at least 17 people have been wounded in separate shootings since Friday afternoon, police said.
A man in his 20s was shot to death around 2 a.m. Saturday in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side, police said.
Police found the man lying unresponsive on a sidewalk underneath the CTA Brown Line train tracks in the 900 block of West Oakdale Avenue. He suffered two gunshot wounds to his chest.
The man was apparently shot during a physical altercation with an attacker who produced a handgun and shot him, said Chicago police spokesman Officer Ron Gaines. The attacker fled northbound, and no one was in custody as of early Saturday morning.
At the scene, police officers blocked off about a block of the one-way Oakdale Avenue east of Sheffield with yellow and red police tape.
Around midnight, a 24-year-old man, identified as
Jose L. Velasquez, was fatally shot while he walked outside with his wife in the Little Village neighborhood on the West Side, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Velasquez, of the 2800 block of West 21st Street, was walking with his spouse in the 2100 block of South Fairfield Avenue when two to three attackers came out of a gangway yelling, police and the medical examiner's officer said.
The attackers fired shots, striking the man in the back, Gaines said.
He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead at 1:41 a.m., police and the medical examiner's office said.
A 29-year-old man was wounded about 5:15 a.m. Saturday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, said Chicago police spokeswoman Officer Janel Sedevic. The man was in the 3000 block of West Jackson Boulevard when he heard gunshots and realized he was struck in the right leg, Sedevic said. He was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was listed in good condition, Sedevic said.
• About 5 a.m. Saturday, a 27-year-old man was dropped off by unknown men at Holy Cross Hospital after he was shot, Sedevic said. The man was allegedly in the 2400 block of West 47th Place in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side when he was shot in the chest, Sedevic said. He was listed in critical condition at Holy Cross.
• About 4 a.m. Saturday,
a 14-year-old boy was hurt in a shooting in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side, Sedevic said. The boy was in the 1300 block of West 87th Street when a silver vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, Sedevic said. The boy was grazed in the abdomen and was taken in good condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center, Sedevic said.
• About 3:41 a.m. Saturday, a 23-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, Gaines said. The male was in the 3200 block of West Lake Street when he was shot in the foot and grazed in the hip, Gaines said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition, Gaines said.
• Around 3:14 a.m. Saturday, a 35-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. The man was in the 12100 block of South Front Avenue when someone fired shots from a passing gray vehicle, striking him in the upper left thigh, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition stabilized, police said.
Around 1:25 a.m. Saturday,
a 19-year-old man was in critical condition after he was shot in the head in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side, police said. He was shot in a hallway inside a residence in the 6800 block of South Ridgeland Avenue, police said. The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, Gaines said.
• An hour and a half earlier about a block away, three more people were wounded in a shooting at 11:56 p.m. in the 6900 block of South Cornell Avenue, Gaines said.
A 25-year-old woman, a 25-year-old man and a 22-year-old man were sitting inside a parked van when an unknown attacker walked up to them on foot, fired shots and fled, Gaines said.
The woman was shot in the leg and was taken to St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center where her condition was stabilized, Gaines said.
The 25-year-old man was hit in both of his arms and legs and was also taken to St. Bernard, but then transferred to Stroger Hospital, Gaines said. His condition also stabilized.
The 22-year-old was struck in the leg and was taken to Northwestern hospital, where his condition stabilized, Gaines said.
• About 12:20 a.m. Saturday, another woman and two men were shot in a possible drive-by incident in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, Gaines said.
A 31-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man were in a parked car with a 43-year-old man standing next to it in the 6400 block of South Eggleston Avenue, when a red sedan pulled up and someone inside fired shots, he said.
• Around 11:07 p.m. Friday, a 20-year-old man was shot while he was riding a bicycle in the South Chicago neighborhood on the South Side, Gaines said. The man was in the 8900 block of South Houston Avenue when he heard gunshots and realized he was struck in the leg, Gaines said. He was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where his condition stabilized, Gaines said.
• Around 10:30 p.m. Friday, a 20-year-old man walked into Little Company of Mary Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg, Gaines said. The man told police he was in the 9200 block of South Bishop Street in the Brainerd neighborhood on the South Side when he was shot, Gaines said. His condition stabilized at the hospital.
• A 24-year-old man was wounded in a shooting about 8:40 p.m. Friday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, said Chicago police spokesman Officer Bari Lemmon. The man was in the 4900 block of South Winchester Avenue when he heard gunshots and realized he was struck in the foot, Lemmon said. The man was taken in good condition to Holy Cross Hospital.
• Around 4 p.m. Friday, an 18-year-old man was shot on the West Side, police said. The man walked into St. Anthony Hospital and told police he was in the 3100 block of West Douglas Boulevard in the Lawndale neighborhood when he was shot, police said. He suffered a gunshot wound to his right shoulder and was in good condition, police said.
No one was in custody as of a result of the shootings early Saturday, and detectives were still investigating the incidents.
AND THIS ONE DAMN DAY
Eight people were shot in two separate shootings on the South Side.
It all started about 9:30 p.m. Thursday
Several men were standing on the street on the 2100 block of East 67th Street when someone shot them from the alley.
Police say the three men are in stable condition and are all gang members.
An hour later, two men, two women and a 2-year-old girl were shot at 62nd and Honore. They are expected to survive.
I am coming to the understanding that you can't save everybody. We have to dissociate from our fukking trash those Negros will bring us down.
We are wiping ourselves out doing it with music glorifying each and every act
are they lying though?....IT IS how they were raised....they were raised from mothers who relied on government assistance on top of being CONDITIONED to partake in destructive behaviors thanks to urban radio and "black" entertainment - SINCE BIRTH....they never had ANYTHING
as most of you get older and wiser you will understand the POWER of CONDITIONING
