Friday, June 8, 2012

1 single monkey shot 9 from Englewood to South Chicago


Nine people were shot Thursday night and Friday morning, according to police, including two teens and three men in separate attacks in the Englewood and West Englewood neighborhoods.
A 20-year-old was shot in the 5100 block of South Archer Avenue about 2:25 a.m., Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said. He's in good condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center with a wounded arm. The man was in a vehicle handling a weapon when it discharged, striking him in the abdomen.
An 18-year-old standing in the 4000 block of West Wilcox Street was grazed in the foot after someone started shooting about 2:10 a.m., police said. He realized he was shot, ran home and called police. He's in good condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.
A 24-year-old man was shot in the arm and is in good condition at John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County, Gaines said. He walked into the hospital with the wound and told police he was shot on the 1100 block of West 63rd Street in the Englewood neighborhood about 1:50 a.m., Gaines said.
A man arrived at Mount Sinai Hospital about midnight with a gunshot wound to the lower back, Gaines said. He either drove himself, or was dropped off, police said, and he's in guarded condition. Someone shot him just before midnight on the 800 block of North Monticello Avenue, Gaines said, citing early reports.
A 17-year-old boy who was shot in the abdomen is in good condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Gaines said. He was shot in the 8900 block of South Houston Avenue in the South Chicago neighborhood about 9:50 p.m. Police said the victim was uncooperative, telling officers "I ain't telling you (expletive)" and "getting shot ain't (expletive)," according to an officer reading from the report. The boy was shot above the buttocks and the bullet exited through his abdomen, near the left side of his belly button, police said.

Another boy, 17, was shot in the 2300 block West of 66th Street about 9:45 p.m., police said. He then walked south on Oakley Avenue and asked someone to call police. He’s in good condition at Holy Cross but not cooperating with investigators, police said.

About a half hour later, a 44-year-old man was shot in the back in the 6600 block of South May Street. He's in serious condition at St. Bernard Hospital, Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said. Police aren't sure why the man was shot.

Another man, 48, was shot in the leg about 10:45 p.m. near 71st and Halsted streets, Gaines said, citing early reports. He's in good condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center. The man told police he didn't see anything.
Police said a 15-year-old was shot about 5:10 p.m. near 72nd and Wood streets. He told police he was standing in the block when someone started shooting. He was shot in the writst.

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