CHICAGO (WLS) — At least 52 people have been shot, 10 fatally, in shootings across the city over the weekend, police said.
Another violent weekend in Chicago comes with Mayor Brandon Johnson set to attend the Chicago Police Department recruit graduation ceremony here at Navy Pier Monday morning.
One of the shooting victims was Terry’a Adams. She was one of seven people shot during a gathering Saturday night in the Austin neighborhood for her boyfriend who died in a car crash.
Surveillance video shows the moment gunfire erupted on Iowa near Cicero, as dozens of people ran for their lives.
Among them was the alleged gunman, dressed in jeans and a white top, as he opened fire before running away.
A man was killed and another wounded in a shooting Saturday morning in Englewood on the South Side. Shortly before noon, the 70-year-old man and a 24-year-old man were struck by gunfire in the 7100-block of South Peoria Street, according to Chicago police. The older man was shot in the chest and rushed to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The younger man was struck in the hand and was taken to the same hospital, where he was listed in good condition, police said. No one was in custody.
Hours earlier, a 31-year-old man was fatally shot in the city’s South Shore neighborhood. It happened around 6:48 a.m. in the 1700-bock of West 69th Street. The man was shot in the chest and left leg, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Hospital where he was pronounced dead. What led up to the shooting is not yet known. Area One detectives are investigating.
Just under three hours earlier, a a 32-year-old man was shot and killed in North Lawndale. According to police, the victim was inside an apartment in the 1200-block of South Springfield at about 4:06 a.m. when someone he knew started shooting. The man was shot multiple times and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died. No one is in custody.
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