A Safer City
Police: 5 People Killed in Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
(Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)
A 23-year-old woman fatally shot inside a South Side home was among four people killed by gunfire across Chicago over the weekend, according to Chicago Police Department figures.
According to Chicago Police Department figures, 29 people were shot in 25 separate shootings between 6 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
A man was fatally shot at around 7:20 p.m. Friday in the 6700 block of Woodlawn Avenue. Officers were responding to a traffic crash in that area when they discovered the victim inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital, but later died of his injuries.
A 31-year-old man was killed in the 6200 block of South Campbell at around 3:15 a.m. Saturday. Police said he’d been shot twice in the back, and a witness told them the shooter had been traveling inside a vehicle when they opened fire.
A 30-year-old man was fatally shot at around 4:30 a.m. Saturday in the 7400 block of South State Street. He had gotten into a verbal argument with an unknown man before a fight broke out. The second man then produced a firearm and shot the victim in the chest.
A 23-year-old woman was killed inside a home in the 6100 block of South King Drive just before 10 p.m. Sunday. Police said the victim was found on the kitchen floor with a gunshot wound to her chest. She was taken to a local hospital, but died of her injuries.
A Safer City is supported, in part, by the Sue Ling Gin Foundation Initiative for Reducing Violence in Chicago.
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