One man is dead and at least 13 others wounded in weekend shootings throughout the Chicago area since Friday afternoon, police confirmed.
The only fatal shooting reported occurred at around 9:30 p.m. in the 300 block of East 50th St. in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Police say two men were arguing in an alley when shots were fired. One man was struck, and taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the back. He was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital. He was later identified as 44-year-old Wavey Brown, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner, though Chicago Police listed his age as 43 years old.
Other shooting incidents include:
Friday
- At around 4:06 p.m., a 20-year-old man was standing on the corner in the 800 block of East 91st Street in the Burnside neighborhood when he heard shots and felt pain. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the arm and is in stable condition.
- At 6:40 p.m., a 34-year-old man was standing on corner of the 3800 block of West Division Street in the Humboldt Park neighborhood when he heard shots and felt pain. He was taken to Norwegian-American Hospital, and was later transferred to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in good condition with a gunshot wound to the left leg.
- A 14-year-old boy was shot at 7:40 p.m. in the 2400 block of South Rockwell Street in the Little Village neighborhood. He was standing outside when a dark-colored SUV with one occupant drove by and fired shots, striking the victim in his left upper arm. He was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.
- At 8:33 p.m., a 40-year-old man was shot on the 5900 block of South Bishop Street in the Englewood neighborhood. The victim was sitting outside his vehicle when a light-colored car drove by and someone sitting in the back passenger side seat fired shots. The victim suffered gunshot wounds to the right thigh and a graze wound to right hand, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition.
- In the 600 block of East 81st St in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side, a 29-year-old man was shot at 8:50 p.m. during an attempted robbery. He was sitting in a sedan, stopped at a red light when a man approached on foot and announced a robbery. The victim sped off and the offender fired shots, hitting the driver in the right leg. He was taken to Christ Medical Center where he is in stable condition.
Saturday
- A 35-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk in the 10000 block of South State St. in the Roseland neighborhood at 10:10 p.m. Two men approached him on foot and fired shots. He sustained a gunshot wound to the left hand and was taken to Roseland Hospital in stable condition.
- Around 10:30 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was standing on the sidewalk in the 400 block of S. Springfield Ave. in the East Garfield Park neighborhood when he heard shots and felt pain. He was dropped off at Stroger Hospital by a family member, where he was listed in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the chest and left arm.
- Five minutes later at 10:35 p.m., two people were standing on a front porch on the 1600 block of S. St. Louis Ave. in the Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. An SUV drove past and an occupant fired shots. The two victims were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. The 17-year-old boy was in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the left leg, and the 20-year-old man was in serious condition with gunshot wounds in the buttocks and right leg.
Sunday
- A 26-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk with a woman in the 100 block of E. 11th St at about 3 a.m. when he heard shots and felt pain. The woman drove him to 18th and State St, where she found members of the Chicago Fire Department. The victim was taken to Northwestern Hospital with a gunshot wound to the upper left arm and was listed in stable condition.
- Twenty minutes later, a 21-year-old man was getting into a parked car in the 3300 block of W. Van Buren St in the Fifth City neighborhood on the West Side. A light-colored sedan drove past and an occupant fired shots. The victim was taken to Rush Hospital by a friend where he was listed in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the left thigh.
- At 6:29 p.m., an 18-year-old man was walking on the sidewalk in the 200 block of W. 110th Place in the Far South Side neighborhood of Roseland when he heard shots and felt pain. He was half a block from the Roseland Hospital, so he was able to walk into the hospital and receive treatment. He sustained a gunshot wound to the left thigh and was listed in stable condition.
As of Sunday evening, no one is in custody in connection with any of these shootings, and police continue to investigate.
