At least 32 people have been shot, eight fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago, police said.
Just before midnight, the teens, 15 and 16, were on a sidewalk in the 3700-block of South Wabash Avenue when they were approached by five or six men, who fired multiple shots at the pair, police said. The older teen was shot in the abdomen and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died. The other boy was shot in the foot and was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in good condition.Curtis Moore, 17, was in the 800-block of West 51st Street about 11:20 p.m.
A man was found fatally shot early Sunday on the Near West Side. The 21-year-old was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the abdomen about 2:50 a.m. in the 2500-block of West Adams Street, police said. No other information was available.in a Sunday afternoon shooting on Chicago's West Side, prompting a SWAT response, police said. The shooting happened in the Lawndale neighborhood's 3800-block of West Arthington Street at about 4:15 p.m., police said.
Police said the victim was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The offenders ran into a building in the nearby 900-block of South Springfield Avenue, and a SWAT team is investigating, police said. Officials did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.The man, 21, was found unresponsive in the 2500-block of West Adams Street about 2:50 a.m., police said.
A 14-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Friday night after another large group of teens gathered at 31st Street Beach. The shooting occurred about 8:50 p.m. in the 3100-block of South Lake Shore Drive, according to police. The boy suffered a gunshot wound to his left thigh and was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in fair condition.WLS contributed to this report.
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