At least 12 people were killed and 44 others were wounded over the Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, only slightly higher than the toll of gun violence the previous weekend in the city.
The youngest person wounded was a 4-year-old girl, shot as she sat in a car after a prom party in the Englewood neighborhood Friday night. The youngest person killed was a 15-year-old boy who was shot in the Bronzeville neighborhood Sunday night.
Two of the 12 homicide victims were killed Friday night into Saturday morning; four were killed Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning; and three of the victims were killed Sunday night.
The latest killing happened in the 4900 block of West Erie Street in the Austin neighborhood. A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back and leg about 7:50 p.m. and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition, Chicago Police spokesman Officer Thomas Sweeney said. He was later pronounced dead.
Shortly before 5:30 p.m. Monday, a 19-year-old man was fatally shot on the first block of East 36th Place in the city's Bronzeville neighborhood, said Sweeney, who did not immediately have information on the circumstances of the shooting. The man suffered a wound to the back and was driven to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center. He was transferred in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where he later died, Sweeney said.
Another man was fatally shot just after 2:30 p.m. in the 4100 block of North Hamlin Avenue in the city's Irving Park neighborhood, said Sweeney. According to preliminary information, a 29-year-old man was a passenger in a car when another car pulled alongside, and someone fired shots. The victim suffered gunshot wounds to the torso and was taken in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he later died, Sweeney said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...526-story.html