Gold Coast man gets jumped by animals

A man walking home from work was attacked and beaten by a large group of people on the city's Gold Coast late Sunday, police said.

The 36-year-old man suffered only a cut to the head during the 10 p.m. attack in the 800 block of North Dewitt Place, police said, citing early reports.

It was unclear whether his many attackers also robbed him.

The man was taken to nearby Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was expected to be released sometime this morning.

Police had no other details.

Several youth were charged Sunday following a similar attack Saturday night that left a man with a broken jaw.

Wild Monkey shoots up city leaving 1 dead and 21 injured

At least 21 people were wounded late Saturday night into this morning in shootings across the city, several of which involved two or more people shot at once, according to Chicago police.

Police officials this morning were still gathering a list of confirmed shootings and victims during a hectic night that saw officers in some districts racing from one shooting to another. Preliminary numbers indicated that 21 people were wounded, police said.

One person -- a 16-year-old boy -- died after being shot on the porch of his Southwest Side home about 8 p.m. Saturday, police said.

Perhaps no district was busier than the Near West Side's Ogden District, where a total of nine people were shot in just two separate shootings.

In one incident, five people -- which included four victims younger than 20 -- were wounded as they stood with a large group in the 3300 block of West Douglas Boulevard in the Lawndale neighborhood at about 2:15 a.m., police said.

One of the victims, a 17-year-old boy, was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in serious condition for gunshot wounds to the buttocks and groin, police said.

The other victims, a 24-year-old man, a 16-year-old girl, an 18-year-old man, and a 19-year-old woman, all suffered non-serious wounds.

Earlier in the evening, four people, including a 15-year-old boy, were wounded in a drive-by-shooting in the 1300 block of South Avers Avenue in the North Lawndale neighborhood just before 11 p.m. Saturday, police said.

All four victims, who ranged from 15 to 25 years old, were taken to area hospitals in good condition with gunshots to the legs, police said. The teen suffered only a graze wound, police said.

At about 3 a.m., police discovered a male victim with multiple gunshots to his leg and abdomen in the 3800 block of West Ferdinand Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition.

While investigating that shooting, police said two more shooting victims from that scene showed up at Mount Sinai with non-serious wounds, police said.

About 6:09 a.m. today, two men were shot in the 2500 block of South Homan Avenue in the Little Village neighborhood, police said. One man was shot in the ankle and the other in the thigh. Their conditions were not known.

Wildebeast muggings being probed

Chicago police this morning were looking into at least three separate downtown muggings carried out by separate groups of attackers, as the city gears up for its busy summer festival season.

The attacks occurred among hundreds of tourists and music lovers who emptied out of Grant Park for the Chicago Blues Festival, which city officials tout as the largest free blues festival in the world.

One incident involved up to 10 attackers -- seven youths and three adults -- who beat and robbed a man in the 500 block of North State Street at about 9:50 p.m., police said.

The victim, a male tourist in his 40s, was being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a broken jaw, police said.

At about 10:20 p.m., a couple was accosted by a group at the Lake/State Red Line station in the 100 block of North State Street, near the Chicago Theatre, police said.

In that attack, the couple were robbed and the man beaten by an unknown number of attackers, who fled. The male victim was also taken to Northwestern with non-serious injuries.

Police also received a report of a third attack near the Gold Coast, but investigators hadn't determined the exact location or time.

The attacks occurred as city officials were preparing downtown for the upcoming festival season, including Lollapalooza, The Air and Water Show and the Taste of Chicago, which are expected to bring thousands to the city and generate millions of dollars in revenue.

Authorities are already dealing with a higher number of homicides and shootings than the city had at the same time last year.

Waitress Murdered and no news attention hmmmmmmmmmm guess that is because she is not a gang banging dope dealer 17 year old living in Florida

Wildebeast shoots up West Englwood

Three people were shot in their chests and critically wounded in the West Englewood neighborhood today.

Someone shot the three about 11:25 a.m. in the 7400 block of South Ashland Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak.

All three were wounded in the chest, said Kubiak.

Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said two of the wounded were taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in critical condition.

Kubiak said the third victim, also wounded critically, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

One of Chicago's dominant Italian community get shot up and not by Al Capone's mob but by some African Monkey with a gun

Two people were shot this morning on the Far South Side including one who is reportedly in "extremely critical'' condition.

It happened at 10:23 a.m. at 111^th Street and Edbrooke Avenue, according to police News Affairs Office Laura Kubiak.

One victim was shot in the chest and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn while the other person remained on the scene being treated after suffering gunshot wounds to both arms, Kubiak said.

Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said one person taken in "extremely critical'' condition to Christ while the other was in critical condition.

Sarge's updates: I 57 Update

Two people were wounded after shots were exchanged between two cars on Interstate 57 near the Cal-Sag Channel early this morning, police say.

The victims drove themselves to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where they were treated and released, police said.

Police were questioning them and four other people, according to authorities, who could not say what prompted the shooting or whether the people in both cars knew each other.

"Those involved in the shooting are not being cooperative," said Illinois State Police spokeswoman Monique Bond.

Motorists called 911 around 2:10 a.m. and said people in a white Audi and a Nissan were “shooting at each other back and forth" near 147th Street on I-57, said Chicago District Master Sgt. Devin Stokes.

Troopers arriving on the scene found the Audi stopped at the side of expressway and four people standing nearby. They were taken into custody and brought to the Blue Island police station for questioning, officials said.

The two victims were taken in the Nissan to the hospital. They were also being questioned but were also being uncooperative, Bond said. No charges have been filed.

Officials said there was a minor collision involving two cars that pulled over during the shooting.

“Traffic came to a stop and the (driver) pulled over to avoid getting shot at,’’ Stokes said. "That vehicle rear-ended another vehicle."