CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Seven people were shot, one fatally, Monday in Chicago.
The day’s lone reported fatal shooting killed a 31-year-old man in a drive-by in Grand Crossing on the South Side.
At about 1 a.m. he was walking in the 1400 block of East 73rd Street, when someone in a passing black SUV fired shots at him, Chicago police said.
He was struck in the left shoulder, the armpit and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Though the Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet released the man’s name, an autopsy ruled his death a homicide.
In non-fatal shootings, a woman was shot in South Chicago.
The 44-year old was arguing with a man she knew in the hallway of an apartment building at about 9:22 p.m. in the 8300 block of South Colfax Avenue when the man opened fire, police said.
The woman was struck multiple times in her abdomen and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.
The man, 40, was taken into custody.
A 30-year-old woman was shot in West Pullman on the Far South Side.
At about 7 p.m., she was inside a home in the 100 block of East 118th Street when someone outside opened fire, police said.
The woman was struck in the elbow and right side of her body, police said. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition.
Two hours prior a man was wounded in a shooting in Austin on the West Side.
At about 5 p.m., the 23-year-old was shot in the shoulder in the 1500 block of North Long Avenue, police said.
The man was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in good condition, police said.
A man was wounded in a shooting in Englewood on the South Side.
At about 3 p.m., he was in the 6700 block of South Lafayette Avenue when someone opened fire, striking him in the ankle, police said.
The 18-year-old was taken to a hospital in fair condition, police said.
The day’s first reported shooting wounded two people, one of them critically, in the South Shore neighborhood.
Chicago police released few details immediately after the shooting, which happened at about 1:25 p.m. in the 7000 block of South Paxton Avenue.
One male, shot in the chest, was taken in critical condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said.
Another male, shot in his shoulder and back, was taken in fair condition to Trinity Hospital.
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