Chicago weekend shootings leave 1 dead, 15 hurt, police say
At least one person was killed, and 15 other people were wounded in weekend shootings across the city.
The ages of the victims range from 17 to 42.
Shootings from Friday
In the first shooting of the weekend, a man of unknown age arrived at a firehouse around 8:31 p.m. in the 1300 block of East 67th Street after being shot, prompting a police response.
He was treated by fire crews and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition.
The victim did not provide any details on the shooting.
In other shootings from 5 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday:
Shootings from Saturday
- At 1:55 a.m. in the 1200 block of West 78th Street, officers were on patrol trying to disperse a large gathering of people. At which time, an unknown vehicle drove by and began firing shots at the crowd, hitting seven teens. The vehicle immediately fled the scene. The victims, males aged from 17 to 19, were taken to area hospitals, most in fair condition. An 18-year-old was taken to the hospital in serious condition after being hit in the leg and chest. No officers were injured.
- At 2:10 a.m. in the 3100 block of North Central Avenue, Chicago Police Department officers responded to a call of a battery in progress and shots fired at a business establishment. An employee of the business relayed to officers that during a large fight outside, someone fired a gun and directed officers to the shooter, who was getting into a red pickup truck. As officers approached and ordered the suspect, a 28-year-old man, to exit the vehicle, he refused and accelerated the truck in their direction, hitting an officer. The officers shot at the vehicle as it left the scene. The truck was later found in the 3200 block of North Menard Avenue, where the suspect, who was hit by the officers' gunfire, was found on the ground near the truck with gunshot wounds to his body. Officers provided aid until EMS arrived. The suspect was treated and taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in critical condition. A weapon was recovered inside the offender's vehicle. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating with the full cooperation of the Chicago Police Department. The officers involved will be placed on routine administrative duties for a minimum period of 30 days.
- At 11:22 a.m. in the 200 block of East 75th Street, a 34-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle when he was approached by an unknown man, who entered the victim's vehicle. An altercation turned into a fight, that's when the unknown man pulled out a gun and shot the victim before exiting the vehicle and leaving the scene heading northbound on Indiana Avenue. The victim was hit in the chest and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
Shootings from Sunday
- At 3:08 a.m. in the 11900 block of South Wallace Street, officers responded to a call of a person shot and spoke with a witness who said the victim, an 18-year-old man, was in the alley when they heard gunshots. The witness found the victim unresponsive on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head. Fire crews arrived to treat the victim, who died at the scene. He was identified as DeAngelo Miles, a recent high school graduate.
- At 6:45 a.m. in the 3600 block of West Polk Street, a 27-year-old man was standing near the sidewalk was approached by an unknown vehicle. An unknown man exited the vehicle, pulled out a gun, and shot at the victim before leaving the scene in the vehicle in an unknown direction. The victim was hit twice in the leg and was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in good condition.
- At 6:33 a.m. in the 6900 block of South Merrill Avenue, a 22-year-old woman was sitting in a vehicle when a 22-year-old man pulled out a gun and fired shots into the vehicle. She was hit once in the leg and was taken to Jackson Park Hospital in good condition. The shooter left the scene in an unknown direction.
- At noon in the 9300 block of South Perry Avenue, a 17-year-old boy was in the alley when he was shot in his left hand. He was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital in good condition.
- At 4:10 p.m., a 42-year-old man was in a park in the 5400 block of West Division Street when he was shot in the left leg. He was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park in good condition.
- At 7:50 p.m., a 32-year-old man was in an alley behind the 2000 block of West Chase Avenue in Rogers Park when someone came up and shot him in the right thigh. The victim was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston in fair condition.
Unless otherwise noted, no arrests were made in either incident.