Chicago Weekend Update: 3 killed, 18 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings

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Shootings since Friday night have left three men dead and at least 18 people wounded across the city.

A 22-year-old man was shot to death Sunday afternoon in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.

Martell L. Smith was walking in the 9900 block of South State Street at 2:10 p.m. when a vehicle drove up, and someone inside fired shots, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Smith, of the 300 block of West 104th Street, was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. A source said the victim was believed to be a gang member.

Saturday evening, a 21-year-old man was shot to death in the South Side Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.

Eric Turner was standing outside near a home in the 7300 block of South Dorchester at 7 p.m. when someone walked out of a gangway and fired shots before running off, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Turner, who lived on the block where he was shot, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died at 7:43 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

A 32-year-old man was shot and killed early Saturday in a Back of the Yards neighborhood drive-by.

About 3:40 a.m., Joaquin Rocha was a passenger in a car in the 4500 block of South Hermitage when an SUV pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire, striking him in the torso, police and the medical examiner’s office said.

Rocha, of the 4700 block of South Springfield, was driven to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was later pronounced dead, authorities said.

The most recent nonfatal shooting happened late Sunday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.

A 19-year-old man was walking in the 12200 block of South Wallace at 10:30 p.m. when a dark vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, police said.

The man was shot in his right side and friends drove him to Little Company of Mary Hospital, where he is listed in fair condition.

Police believe the victim is a gang member.

At least 15 other people were injured—two critically—in shootings since 9:30 p.m. Friday.

At least 15 other people have been injured—two of them critically—in shootings since 9:30 p.m. Friday.

Via: Chicago Sun-Times

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5 killed, 27 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago

Five people were killed and at least 27 others have been hurt in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening.

The most recent fatal shooting happened early Sunday in the West Side Austin neighborhood.

Two males were driving in the 1600 block of North Cicero about 3:50 a.m. when a light-colored vehicle pulled up alongside and someone inside fired shots, police said.

One of the males was shot in his head and the other male was shot multiple times in his body, police said. Their ages were not immediately available.

Both were taken to Stroger Hospital, where they were pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office could not immediately confirm the fatalities.

Early Saturday, a 17-year-old boy dead in the Bridgeport neighborhood.

Richard Edwards and an 18-year-old man had left a party about 2:15 a.m. after they were “involved in an altercation,” according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

As they were driving in a van in the 700 block of West 35th Street, a light-colored SUV pulled up and someone inside opened fire, police said.

Edwards, of the 3900 block of South Lake Park, was shot in the armpit and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

The man was shot in the hand and shoulder and taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition stabilized, police said.

As police investigated, a woman who said she was the teen’s mother was a half block away on Halsted, crying and pleading with officers to let her see her son’s body, which was covered by a sheet.

“I just want my child,” she said. “I need to touch him. I need to hold him. I need to feel him.”

Late Friday, a 27-year-old man was discovered fatally shot in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

Juan Ugalde was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the side of his face just before 10 p.m. in the 2300 block of South Washtenaw, authorities said. Ugalde, of the 2800 block of West 21st Street, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The weekend’s first shooting left 34-year-old Laurance Boyd dead Friday evening in the West Pullman neighborhood, authorities said.

Boyd was sitting in a parked vehicle about 6 p.m. in the 1300 block of West 122nd Street when a gunman walked up and fired multiple shots, police said. The shooter then ran off eastbound.

Edwards, of the 12700 of South May in Calumet Park, was shot twice in the back and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he later died, officials said.

Early Saturday, five people were shot when gunfire erupted outside an Austin neighborhood party on the West Side.

Via: Chicago Sun-Times

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