How many shootings in Chicago this weekend? At least 18 people have been shot, three fatally, in weekend violence across the city, police said.
A West Lawn shooting killed 3-year-old Mateo Zastro on Marquette after a road rage incident, the Chicago Police Department and the ME said.At least 18 people have been shot, three fatally, in weekend shootings across Chicago, police said.
A $7,000 reward is being offered for any information leading to the arrest of the person who police said, leaving his family torn. It all unfolded at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday night, with an apparent road rage incident near Cicero Avenue and West 71st Street on Chicago's Southwest Side, police said. "The mother attempted to flee from the other vehicle of the road rage incident," said 8th District Chicago Police Department Commander Bryan Spreyne.
But, she didn't get far, making it only blocks away to Marquette Road near Kildare Avenue, where the mother was tracked down and shots were fired, police said. A nearby home, was riddled with bullets after someone in the backseat of a red sedan took aim at the mom's car. A bullet struck little Mateo in the head. The mother kept driving, ending up at South Pulaski Road near West 66th Place, police said. Her son was taken to Christ Hospital, where he died hours later, early Saturday morning. One anti-violence group returned to the scene in West Lawn to help as much as they can. Police vowed to make sure the boy's killer is held accountable and asked anyone who might have captured the shooting on surveillance video to come forward.