(Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)
Seven people were killed by gunfire over the weekend in Chicago, including a 12-year-old boy who was found fatally shot in an Englewood Street Sunday evening.
The victim — who was identified as Damien Green, according to Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office records — was one of 23 total people who were shot in 22 separate shooting incidents between 6 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
Green was found just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the 6700 block of South Lowe Avenue by officers who were investigating a gunshot detection alert in the area. He was in the street and had suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Police said he was rushed to Comer Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
CPD Deputy Chief Gilberto Calderon called the fatal shooting a “tragedy” and asked local residents to come forward with any information.
“We need the community to come out and help us,” he said late Sunday, adding that investigators have few details. “This is sad … that we have young kids like this not given the opportunity to become great men in our city.”
Tips can be submitted anonymously at 833-408-0069.
Also over the weekend, a 29-year-old man was killed at around 3:30 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of South Mozart Street. He had been shot multiple times and died at a local hospital.
A 42-year-old man in an alley in the 7300 block of South Dorchester Avenue was fatally shot at around 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Police said he was shot in the chest by an unknown offender and died on scene.
A 43-year-old man was shot just after 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the 3900 block of West Ogden Avenue. He was in a parking lot in that area when someone opened fire, striking him multiple times. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Police said a 35-year-old man was shot while in a parked car in the 800 block of West 71st Street at around 6 p.m. Saturday. He was sitting in the vehicle when he was shot in the neck by an unknown offender. The victim was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A 37-year-old woman was killed at around 9:30 p.m. in the 5400 block of South Narragansett Avenue. She was walking on the sidewalk when a man approached in a dark colored SUV and fired multiple shots, striking her 10 times. She was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition, but later died. Police said the offender is known, but no one was in custody as of Monday morning.
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