Chicago saw one of its deadliest weekends of the year, with 12 people killed and another 45 wounded by gunfire, including at least five children 15 and younger.
Nine of those killed were shot over just 12 hours Saturday night into early Sunday. Five people were shot during a drifting caravan in Brighton Park, three of them fatally. Among the children wounded across the city were a 12-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy and two 15-year-old boys.
The last weekend that approached this level of gun violence was the middle of September when 9 people were killed and 54 others were wounded. Even the long holiday weekends of summer did not have as high a death toll.
Ten people were killed over the Labor Day weekend, 10 over the July Fourth weekend and nine killed over Memorial Day.
Bearing the brunt of this weekend’s violence was the Deering Police District on the South Side where three people were killed and two others seriously hurt after gunfire erupted during a large drag race in Brighton Park around 4 a.m. Sunday, according to Chicago police.
Around 100 cars had taken over an intersection when about 13 shots rang out at Archer and Kedzie avenues, police said. A man, 20, was shot in the chest and left thigh and went to Holy Cross Hospital, where he died, police said. Another man, also 20, was shot in the chest and upper body and went to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died. A third person went to Holy Cross Hospital with gunshot wounds to his neck and chest and was pronounced dead. Another man, 21, was shot in the right thigh and was taken to Mount Sinai in critical condition. A 19-year-old man was shot in the abdomen and was taken to Mount Sinai in critical condition.
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Four other people were shot in other attacks in the Deering District, where homicides are up 24% from a year ago and shootings are up 6%, according to police data.
Other fatal attacks
A man was found dead in Bronzeville around 4:15 a.m. Sunday. The man, 29, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest at 49th and King Drive, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Hours earlier, a man was shot and killed around 2 a.m. Sunday inside a home in the Scottsdale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The man, 37, was attacked near 87th and Kenton, police said. He was shot in the abdomen and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
A 16-year-old boy was killed and a 13-year-old girl was wounded Saturday night in North Lawndale on the West Side. The boy was standing outside on Fairfield near Roosevelt about 8:20 p.m. when two men got out of a dark sedan and opened gunfire, striking him once in the back, Chicago police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died. The girl was hit twice in the neck by stray bullets. She was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
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Around the same time, a man in his 20s was found shot to death in Austin on the West Side. He suffered a gunshot wound to the head on Leclaire and Ferdinand, Chicago police said.
Another man was found fatally shot about an hour later at an apartment complex parking lot in South Shore. The man, believed to be in his 40s, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head about 9:20 p.m. at 72nd and Phillips, police said.
About 10 minutes later, a 31-year-old man was killed during an argument at an Auburn Gresham home at 83rd and Marshfield. The man was fighting with another man, also 31, who pulled out a handgun and shot him, police said. A suspect was arrested at the scene.
Sunday night, a 50-year-old man was fatally shot inside an Irving Park apartment hallway on the Northwest Side. About 9:10 p.m., the man was in the apartment on Whipple near Cullom when he heard a disturbance from an upstairs neighbor, police said. He stepped into the hallway and was shot in the face by a gunman. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he died.
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Other shootings
A 14-year-old boy was grazed in the face Saturday night while at a playground in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. He was wounded about 7 p.m. in on Wilcox and Kostner, police said. Hefferan Public School is located in the block and has a small playground. The boy was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
Saturday morning, a 15-year-old boy was wounded in a drive-by shooting in Englewood on the South Side. He was standing outside at 57th and Princeton when a car stopped near him and someone inside fired shots, police said. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken in critical condition to Comer Children’s Hospital.
Another 15-year-old boy was shot about six hours earlier in Bronzeville. The teen was walking on a sidewalk at 40th and Langley about 1 a.m. when two men approached and opened fire, police said. He was struck in the right foot and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he was listed in good condition.
A 12-year-old boy was seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting Friday night in Lawndale on the West Side. He was standing on a sidewalk on Albany near Arthington about 8:35 p.m. when someone inside a gray car started shooting, police said. He was shot in the chest and transported in serious condition to Stroger Hospital.
At least 40 other people were shot between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday in Chicago.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2022. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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