At least 12 people have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Wednesday evening, police said.
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Most recently, about 1:10 a.m. Thursday, a 19-year-old man was shot in Park Manor on the South Side. He was on the sidewalk in the 7100 block of South King Drive when someone shot him from a black SUV. He went to University of Chicago Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the left thigh and later was transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital. His condition was stabilized.
About 12:40 a.m., a 29-year-old man walked in to Community First Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the hand. No further information was immediately available.
Around 12:05 a.m., a 24-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said. The man was standing on the sidewalk in the 7300 block of South Morgan Street when he heard gunshots and realized he was hit in the neck. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
About 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, a 21-year-old man and a 31-year-old man were wounded in a shooting in the North Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said. The two men were in the 1500 block of North Lorel Avenue when they were shot.
Police discovered the two men in the hallway of an apartment building. The older man was shot in the head and was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, and the younger man was hit in the right calf and also was taken to Stroger, where his condition stabilized.
A woman in a red T-shirt sat on the steps of a building across from the home where the two shooting victims were found. Her family recently moved to Chicago’s Austin neighborhood from Iowa to be closer to relatives. But it’s been a scary transition, especially for her five children, who had to learn the sound of gunshots, she said.
“I thought it was gonna be OK,” she said. “But I was wrong.” She added that she hopes to move back to Iowa as soon as she can.
About 10:50 p.m., a 22-year-old man was shot in Kenwood. Someone approached him on foot in the 4900 block of South Woodlawn Avenue, fired shots and fled in a dark-colored sedan. The man was shot in the abdomen and taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.
Just before 10:20 p.m., a 19-year-old man was shot in the Lawndale neighborhood. He was inside an SUV traveling in the 4200 block of West 16th Street when he was shot in the right leg. The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition stabilized. Police officers stopped the SUV in the 4200 block of West 18th Street after it was seen fleeing the area of where shots were fired, police said.
Officers blocked off a stretch of the sidewalk in the 4000 block of West Cermak Road, where a rifle lay. Police said someone inside the SUV tossed the rifle onto the street while police followed them. About four blocks north, another group of officers put yellow crime tape around a black handgun lying in the intersection of 16th Street and Karlov Avenue.
At 9:45 p.m., a 20-year-old man riding in a sedan in East Chatham was shot. He was a passenger in the sedan, which was in the 8300 block of South Ingleside Avenue, when he heard gunfire and felt pain. He was shot in the buttock and calf and went to Stroger Hospital. His condition was stabilized.
At 9:30 p.m., a 67-year-old man was shot in Roseland on the Far South Side. He was on the sidewalk in the 11400 block of South Harvard Avenue when someone fired shots in his direction from a silver SUV. The man was shot in the right shoulder and his condition was stabilized. Information was not immediately available about where he was being treated.
About 9:20 p.m., a 20-year-old man was shot on the Southwest Side in the Wrightwood neighborhood. He was standing in the 7900 block of South Richmond Avenue as someone exited a nearby vehicle and fired shots. The man was shot in the buttocks and got himself to Holy Cross Hospital. His condition was stabilized.
About 7:55 p.m, two males, whose ages were not immediately available, were wounded in a shooting in the 5200 block of South Albany Avenue the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a police spokesman. The two were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where they were both listed in good conditions.