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Friday, January 6, 2012

One reason not to live in Chi-Town--14 wounded in shootings across Chicago on thursday.

One reason not to live in Chi-Town--14 wounded in shootings across Chicago on thursday.
 
 

Fourteen people were wounded in separate shootings across the city Thursday.
Two people were shot at 50 W. 85th Street about 11:45 p.m., just west of the Dan Ryan Expressway, police said.
They were sitting in a vehicle when another dark-colored vehicle drove by and someone inside started shooting, police said.
A 33-year-old man was shot in the foot and suffered a graze wound to the head and a second person was shot in the forearm.
Additional information about the second victim wasn't available from police.
The pair drove to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and are in good condition, police said.
Four people were standing on a corner in West Garfield Park near Maypole Avenue and Kenneth Avenue about 2:50 p.m. when someone wearing all black walked up and opened fire.
Two teens were shot in that incident, police said.
A 14-year-old boy was shot twice and taken toStroger Hospital, police said, and an 18-year-old remains in critical condition at Mount Sinai Hospital after being shot in the leg.
A 25-year-old man was shot in the chest and a 23-year-old woman was shot in the foot. They both got a ride to West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, police said.
At 2:56 p.m., two men were shot in the 3500 block of West Chicago Avenue, with one being taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and the other to St. Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, said Chief Joe Roccasalva, a Fire Department spokesman.
The 22-year-old man taken to Mount Sinai Hospital suffered eight gunshot wounds to his arms, legs and hip, police said. The other person, a 25-year-old man, was shot in the lower leg and is in good condition, police said.
Someone stepped out of a white Chevy Caprice and opened fire at the two, police said. Nobody is in custody.
And at 3:29 p.m., two people were shot near 51st and Wood Streets, authorities said.
The two, 17 and 20, are both gang members involved in an ongoing turf dispute, police said.
One was taken to Holy Cross Hospital for treatment, Roccasalva said. Additional information about the conditions of the two wasn't immediately available.
A 21-year-old man was shot in the chest about 6:30 p.m. after someone fired shots from inside a 1990s black Volvo.
He was walking with someone on the 3600 block of West Lawrence Avenue but that person wasn’t shot, police said.
The man is in critical condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, police said.
A 20-year-old man was shot in the back on the 5500 block of South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in the Washington Park neighborhood about 1:15 p.m., police said.
An acquaintance drove him to Saint Bernard Hospital, police said, and he’s listed in good condition.
A 33-year-old woman was shot just before 2 p.m. in the 5600 block of South Seeley Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood, police said.
She was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition with a leg wound, police said.
A 31-year-old man standing in an apartment building vestibule was shot after a “domestic incident” in the 500 block of North Monticello about 10:30 p.m., police said.
He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and later released after being treated for his wound.

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