At least eight people were killed and 34 others wounded, including a child and five teenagers, in shootings across Chicago over the Labor Day weekend.
Eight people under the age of 18 were among the victims shot over the weekend. The youngest, a 6-year-old boy, was shot during a family gathering Sunday evening in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the South Side.
Less than two hours later, a 13-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting in Englewood. The boy was near the sidewalk in the 6000 block of South Elizabeth Street when he was shot in the head, Chicago police said.
Fatal shootings:
An unidentified 23-year-old man was dropped off at a firehouse shortly before 10 p.m. Monday by someone who didn’t stay to give details about the shooting in the 5200 block of West 64th Place, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he died.
A 15-year-old boy was brought to South Shore Hospital on Monday night with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead. The location of the shooting was unknown, according to police.
Another 15-year-old boy died hours after he was shot Sunday in East Garfield Park on the West Side. Tyler West-Moreland was shot multiple times in the body about 5:05 p.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of West Walnut Street, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital initially in critical condition, but he died Monday, officials said.
A man was killed in a drive-by shooting Friday evening in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side. Robert Smith, 34, was standing in the back of a house in the 2700 block of West 38th Street when someone inside a red Jeep fired shots around 5:30 p.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He was struck in the armpit and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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