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Chicago weekend shootings: 4 dead, 12 wounded
Chicago weekend shootings: 8 dead, 27 wounded
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 65.
www.cbsnews.com
CHICAGO (CBS) – At least four people are dead and 12 others are wounded in weekend shootings across the city as of Saturday. The ages of the victims range from 14 to 65.
In the first shooting of the weekend, a 22-year-old man was shot while inside a car, in the 100 block of East 45th Street in the Bronzeville neighborhood around 6:05 p.m.
Later in the evening, three other shootings followed – all occurring within one hour.
The first shooting of the hour happened around 8:08 p.m., in the 5400 block of West Madison Street in the South Austin neighborhood.
According to police, an unknown man wearing all black entered a business and fired shots into the crowd.
A second man of unknown age was shot twice in the stomach and was transported in critical condition to Loyola Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Minutes later, a 32-year-old man was standing in an alley, in the 10800 block of South Avenue East in the city's East Side neighborhood around 8:23 p.m., when he heard shots and felt pain.
At 2:52 a.m. Saturday, in the 2500 block of West Adams Street, a 21-year-old man was discovered on the street unresponsive. The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen and was pronounced dead on the scene.At 3:55 a.m. Saturday, in the 500 block of North Lamon Avenue, two men were walking on the sidewalk when two other men approached on foot and fired shots.
Commentary:
It's 6:17PM Saturday evening and the casualty rate of Black Chicagoans is already in double digits.
Looks like the new mayor is really cracking down.
The weekend is only half-way over with so I suspect those numbers will increase by morning. They will increase again tomorrow night before time for all those aspiring rappers to appear at the studio bright and early Monday morning.