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31 shot in Chicago since midnight, two dead; five multiple-victim shootings in 2.5-hour period including 8 in Gresham


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2018 Aug 5, 10:59am   6,714 views  30 comments

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Four people were shot in the 1600 block of South Avers in Lawndale. Eight in the 1300 block of West 76th Street in Gresham. Six in the 1300 block of South Millard, in Lawndale again. Four more in the 900 block of Karlov Avenue in West Humboldt Park. Three others in 4700 block of West Gladys Avenue in West Garfield Park.

At least 37 people were shot in Chicago from 11 a.m. Saturday through Sunday morning, three fatally. A total of 31 were shot since midnight with 25 of them shot in five multiple-injury shootings over about 2 1/2 hours. Walk-ins at West Side hospitals complicated efforts to determine who was shot where.

Sixteen of those shot were teenagers. Twelve were 17 or younger.

Chicago police planned to hold a news conference at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at police headquarters to discuss the weekend’s violence.

At 16th Street and Avers, where evidence of the annual block party was scattered on the ground, lime green T-shirts dotted the groups of people still gathered on sidewalks and in streets after a shooting there around midnight. Crime scene tape crossed 16th Street east of Springfield and stretched far down the block past Penn Elementary School on the south side of 16th.

One man stood by himself, leaning his back against a chain link fence on the north side of 16th Street, watching police work the large crime scene to his east. He estimated more than 1,000 people had been there. He talked freely, but did not want to be named. He’s lived in the neighborhood his whole life.

“I know the rules,” he said.

He’d been on his way out when he heard the gunshots, he said. He commented on the brazenness of shootings he’s grown accustomed to.

“If they shoot you they don’t even run,” he said. “They just walk away, they ain’t trying to run.”

Calls of shots fired continued to blare on the scanners for the zone, even with all the police in the area of some of the calls. While officers were still on the scene at Avers, two gunmen shot at a group a little more than half a mile away, in the 1300 block of South Millard Avenue.

Blood thickened on the sidewalk in front of the main door to a large brick apartment building on the north side of Douglas Boulevard in between Millard and Lawndale Avenue and dotted the sidewalk farther north on Millard. Dozens of people remained outside, some sitting on the steps in front of Stone Temple Baptist Church on the northwest corner of Millard and Douglas.

One young man in a backward Bulls cap sat down on the curb away from everyone else, put his head in his hands, and cried.

Others congregated at Mount Sinai Hospital, leaning against cars and embracing on the sidewalk. Yellow crime scene tape encircled two cars outside the emergency room, a white sedan and a black one that had its front crumpled and windshield cracked.

Mount Sinai’s emergency department for a few hours was on bypass and accepting no new emergencies “just because of the sheer amount of shootings,” said spokesman Dan Regan.

"We went off of bypass around 8:30 this morning, so we are back to normal operations in terms of accepting patients,” Regan said.

"Our folks are unfortunately well-versed in dealing with these kinds of situations,” he said.

On Sunday morning, dozens of people gathered outside Stroger Hospital, clustered in small groups in the parking lot.

Only immediate family members of victims were allowed inside, according to police.

Families walked up to the entrance, guarded by police. And if they couldn’t enter, they found a spot in the lot to watch and wait.

Among the shootings since 11 a.m. Saturday through the same time about 6 a.m. Sunday, police have released the following information:

Sunday

Most recently just before 5:50 a.m. in West Pullman, a 33-year-old man was shot once in each of his legs in the 12100 block of South Bishop Street by someone last seen northbound on Bishop in a small silver Ford car, police said. He was taken to Christ in fair condition.

Around 2:50 a.m. in West Garfield Park, a 14-year-old boy was shot in the left leg in the 200 block of South Pulaski Road. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said.

Around 2:35 a.m. Sunday in Lawndale, two shooters approached a group standing on the sidewalk in the 1300 block of South Millard Avenue and opened fire, hitting six people. A 17-year-old girl shot in the face was pronounced dead on scene. A 14-year-old boy shot in his left leg was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and stabilized, as was an 11-year-old boy also shot in the left leg. A 21-year-old woman shot in the right arm and back was also taken to Sinai, where she was in critical condition. A 17-year-old boy shot in the right leg was taken to Rush and was stabilized. A 17-year-old girl shot in the right arm was taken to Stroger and stabilized.

About 10 minutes earlier in West Garfield Park, three women standing on a front porch were wounded when two groups of males started shooting at each other about 2:25 a.m. in the 4700 block of West Gladys Avenue, police said. A 29-year-old woman shot in the back and 28-year-old woman shot in the left arm taken to Stroger and stabilized. A 41-year-old woman shot in the right thigh was stabilized at Loretto.

Around 1:30 a.m. in Little Village, a 26-year-old man standing on the sidewalk in the 3200 block of South Keeler Avenue was hit in the right leg when someone in a white sedan fires shots, police said. He got himself to University of Illinois Chicago and was stable.

Shortly before 1:05 a.m. in Back of the Yards, a 26-year-old man was killed in a shooting in the 4800 block of South Paulina Street. He was walking on the sidewalk with another person when someone in a white Jeep shot him in the abdomen and right ankle, police said. He was taken to Sinai and later pronounced. The Jeep was found unoccupied and having been set on fire, in the 4300 block of Paulina, police said.

Around 12:50 a.m. in West Humboldt Park, four people were injured in a drive-by shootout the 900 block of North Karlov Avenue. Two people fired shots from inside a black Cadillac, and three of the people hit shot back, causing the car to crash. The two in the car ran from the scene. A 43-year-old man walking down the street was shot in the thigh during the crossfire, police said. The other three people shot were a 30-year-old man hit in the right ankle and left calf; a 43-year-old man shot in the thigh; and 29-year-old man grazed in the chest. All were taken to Stroger in good condition.

Just after midnight in Lawndale, four people were shot at a block party in the 1600 block of South Avers. Two people got out of a white Impala, fired into the crowd and left, police said. A 17-year-old girl grazed in the arm and knee, a 13-year-old boy shot twice in the right arm and a 16-year-old boy shot in the buttocks were stabilized at Sinai. A 25-year-old man shot in the left leg was stabilized at Stroger.

Just before 12:40 a.m. in the Gresham neighborhood, eight people were shot in the 1300 block of West 76th Street. They were among a group standing in the courtyard of an apartment building when several others walked up and shot into the group, police said. A 17-year-old girl shot in the knee was stabilized at Little Company of Mary. Another 17-year-old girl shot in the left leg was stabilized at Christ. An 18-year-old man shot in the buttocks was stabilized at University of Chicago Medical Center. A 19-year-old woman shot in the left hand was stabilized at Holy Cross. A 14-year-old girl shot in the same hand was also stabilized. A 21-year-old woman shot in the left leg was stabilized at University of Chicago. A 35-year-old man grazed in the head was stable at Holy Cross. A 19-year-old man shot in the left leg was taken to St. Bernards and stabilized.

Shortly after 12:20 a.m. in Lawndale, an 18-year-old man was shot multiple times in the body in the 4100 block of West Cullerton Avenue. Witnesses were not cooperative and the man was taken to Stroger under guard, police said.

Around 12:05 a.m. in Logan Square, a 20-year-old woman was shot in the stomach while driving nortbound in the 3700 block of West Altgeld Street. Someone in a red SUV shot her, police said. She was taken to Illionois Masonic Medical Center in serious condition.

Saturday

Shortly before 5:30 p.m. in the Burnside neighborhood, a 22-year-old man was shot in the left side of his forehead while on his bicycle in the 500 block of East 92nd Street. A dark sedan drove up alongside him and two people fired shots, then left the area, police said. The man was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

About 3:26 p.m., a 26-year-old man was shot in the left foot in the East Garfield Park neighborhood in the 3900 block of Madison Street. He was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.

About 1:35 p.m., a 25-year-old was shot in the left forearm and left thigh in the 600 block of East 76th Street in the Chatham neighborhood. He was taken the University of Chicago Medical Center where his condition was stabilized, police said.

Shortly before noon, two workers, one in his 50s and another in his 40s, were in the 6800 block of Wood Street when two people began shooting at each other from across the street. Both victims were struck in the crossfire, police said.

The older man was shot in the abdomen and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The younger man went to the same hospital, but there was no information about the severity of his wounds.

Police did not specify what kind of work the men were doing at the time of the shooting.

About an hour earlier, a 38-year-old man was shot in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, Chicago police said.

That attack happened around 11 a.m. in the 5900 block of South Maplewood Avenue. The man suffered gunshot wounds to his lower body, police said.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, but there was no information available about his condition or the circumstance leading up to the shooting.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-shootings-violence-20180804-story.html#

Comments 1 - 30 of 30        Search these comments

1   MrMagic   2018 Aug 5, 11:28am  

This just has to be Trump's fault!
2   FortWayne   2018 Aug 5, 11:30am  

Blm blm blm
3   Strategist   2018 Aug 5, 12:43pm  

I love gang wars. Keeps the real crime rate down.
4   Goran_K   2018 Aug 5, 12:45pm  

Chicago’s strict gun laws are working as designed.
5   everything   2018 Aug 5, 12:53pm  

Normal human behavior.
6   MrMagic   2018 Aug 5, 1:02pm  

Ahhhhhh, Shitcago, the adopted home city of our favorite President, Barack Obama.... such a legacy he left there:





7   Strategist   2018 Aug 5, 1:09pm  

MrMagic says


If we saved on welfare, it was well worth it.
8   RWSGFY   2018 Aug 5, 1:22pm  

MisterLefty says
Around 2:50 a.m. in West Garfield Park, a 14-year-old boy was shot ...
Around 2:35 a.m. Sunday in Lawndale...14-year-old boy shot in his left leg .... 11-year-old boy also shot in the left leg.


Can someone explain to me what the fuck 11-14 y.o. boys are doing on the street at 2-3 a.m. in the morning?
9   Ceffer   2018 Aug 5, 2:04pm  

Hassan_Rouhani says
Can someone explain to me what the fuck 11-14 y.o. boys are doing on the street at 2-3 a.m. in the morning?



Multi tasking? Learning to aim and dodge while doing homework?
10   RWSGFY   2018 Aug 5, 2:19pm  

Ceffer says
Hassan_Rouhani says
Can someone explain to me what the fuck 11-14 y.o. boys are doing on the street at 2-3 a.m. in the morning?



Multi tasking? Learning to aim and dodge while doing homework?


Where are the fuck are their parents and what the fuck the CPS is doing?
11   MrMagic   2018 Aug 5, 2:30pm  

Hassan_Rouhani says
Can someone explain to me what the fuck 11-14 y.o. boys are doing on the street at 2-3 a.m. in the morning?


Easy, they were out tending to their lemonaid stand.

Thugs get thirsty too, you know.
12   Strategist   2018 Aug 5, 2:50pm  

Hassan_Rouhani says
Can someone explain to me what the fuck 11-14 y.o. boys are doing on the street at 2-3 a.m. in the morning?


Looking for someone to help them with their homework.
1. If you kill 2 people today and 3 tomorrow, how far do you need to run if the cops come after you?
2. If you rape a girl at 6pm, and gang rape another at 1am, how many condoms do you need?
3. Please spell..."Blood" "Kill" "Bullet" "motherfucker"
13   RC2006   2018 Aug 5, 2:53pm  

Hassan_Rouhani says
Where are the fuck are their parents and what the fuck the CPS is doing?


CPS can't be paid enough to go into those areas, they are no go zones.
14   Ceffer   2018 Aug 5, 2:58pm  

If it weren't for 'White Privilege' and a lack of lots of free money, all of the spontaneous goodness of this community would be able to manifest itself and this situation would clear right up.
On the other hand, they probably wish some white pivilege were involved, so they had some deep pockets to sue instead of just a bunch of other gang banger spawn.
15   MrMagic   2018 Aug 5, 3:47pm  

Strategist says
Looking for someone to help them with their homework.
1. If you kill 2 people today and 3 tomorrow, how far do you need to run if the cops come after you?
2. If you rape a girl at 6pm, and gang rape another at 1am, how many condoms do you need?


Maybe our amazing math teacher here can help solve those homework questions?
16   komputodo   2018 Aug 5, 3:56pm  

Strategist says
If we saved on welfare, it was well worth it.


What do you mean "IF?"
17   komputodo   2018 Aug 5, 3:59pm  

Hassan_Rouhani says
Can someone explain to me what the fuck 11-14 y.o. boys are doing on the street at 2-3 a.m. in the morning?


You should "axe" their mama.
18   Strategist   2018 Aug 5, 4:00pm  

MrMagic says
Strategist says
Looking for someone to help them with their homework.
1. If you kill 2 people today and 3 tomorrow, how far do you need to run if the cops come after you?
2. If you rape a girl at 6pm, and gang rape another at 1am, how many condoms do you need?


Maybe our amazing math teacher here can help solve those homework questions?


The amazing math teacher will need a little help. This is a very specialized math class.
Answers:
1. At least 20 yards further from the nearest Donut shop.
2. None. The bitch has to provide them.
19   mell   2018 Aug 5, 6:15pm  

Just Obamas sons having fun buying Skittles.
20   lostand confused   2018 Aug 5, 6:25pm  

I feel bad. How many mothers and fathers and brothers have to live through this hell with no end? Obama should have focused on this-instead he live sina 8 million dollar Washington D.C. home and lectures people about buying expensive homes.
21   RWSGFY   2018 Aug 5, 10:41pm  

RC2006 says
Hassan_Rouhani says
Where are the fuck are their parents and what the fuck the CPS is doing?


CPS can't be paid enough to go into those areas, they are no go zones.


They can ask these guys to tag along:

22   Strategist   2018 Aug 5, 11:44pm  

TrumpingTits says


Crazy Asian. I was thinking how nice it would be to put my dick in her mouth. Then I read the bottom of her statement and went limp.
23   MAGA   2018 Aug 6, 7:23am  

Why are the people of color killing each other?
25   Strategist   2018 Aug 6, 8:41am  

jvolstad says


Can we still get free sex?
26   MrMagic   2018 Aug 6, 9:17am  

jvolstad says
Why are the people of color killing each other?


Because they can...

If Obama had a son...

Just consider it thinning of the herd.
27   MrMagic   2018 Aug 8, 1:18pm  

Man Fatally Shot By Neighbor After Alleged Dog Pee Argument, Witnesses Say.

One of the victims of gun violence this past weekend died, allegedly, over something as small as a dog relieving itself on someone else’s property.

Police say the fatal shooting happened in the 7700 block of South Shore on August 3 around 8:45 p.m. The victim was struck in the left arm and chest and pronounced dead on the scene.

Young was murdered Friday. He was one of 12 killed over the violent weekend in Chicago.

Payne says it all stemmed from Young’s two puppies on the porch of his Southshore home.

“The puppies were peeing on the porch. The pee ran down the porch to the neighbor’s,” he explained.

Police say Young and the neighbor exchanged words before the neighbor shot and killed him.

“How are we so petty now that we live in a world that you could lose your life over puppy pee?” questioned Payne.

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/08/07/fatally-shot-dog-pee-argument/
28   MisterLefty   2018 Aug 8, 3:20pm  

MrMagic says
puppy pee
The ultimate dis.
29   MrMagic   2018 Aug 11, 9:54am  

Ahhhhh, just another night in Paradise!

20 shot in Chicago: 'Even I’m scared to walk to the corner store'

The two cousins had planned to settle in for a night of playing video games, but first, the boys, 15 and 17, wanted to walk to the nearby gas station for something to eat.

“Chicago is a scary place to be,” Hines said. “Even I’m scared to walk to the corner store.”

The boys were among 20 people shot Friday and early Saturday, one of them fatally. Three other juveniles were wounded in attacks in the city, including a 12-year-old girl.

At least 74 people were shot last weekend between 3 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Monday, 12 of them fatally.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-violence20180810-story.html
30   Ceffer   2018 Aug 11, 11:07am  

What a waste of dead meat litigants. Maybe they should sue each other for welfare checks to keep the home fires burning.

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