CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSROOM) -- A man was killed and 22 other people, including a 2-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl, have been injured by gunfire across Chicago so far this weekend.
The fatal attack happened Saturday night in Englewood on the South Side.
Two men were sitting in a parked vehicle at 11:56 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots in the 5700 block of South May Street, according to Chicago police. A 22-year-old man was hit multiple times in the side and ran to a nearby alley.
He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office identified him as Alexis Perez of Edgewater on the North Side.
The other man, 39, was hit in both shoulders and taken to the same hospital in fair condition, police said.
The 2-year-old and a 28-year-old man were hurt in the weekend's first shooting Friday evening in Gresham on the South Side.
They were in a vehicle about 6 p.m. on West 84th Street when another vehicle pulled up and someone fired shots, hitting the man and the toddler, police said. The man's vehicle rammed into a porch and came to a rest in the 8400 block of South Damen Avenue.
The man was shot in the back of the head and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, police said. The boy was hit in the foot, and his condition was stabilized at Little Company of Mary Hospital.
A teenage girl was also injured Saturday night in Ashburn on the Southwest Side.
The 17-year-old was a passenger in a vehicle at a stop sign at 11:01 p.m. on 79th Place when a white Ford Taurus with dark tinted windows pulled up, according to police. Two males got out of the Taurus and fired multiple shots, hitting the girl in the leg. The girl flagged down officers in Marquette Park and was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in good condition.
Six people were hurt in a series of shootings lasting just over an hour early Sunday in Lawndale and Englewood.
The most recent attack left three people injured in Lawndale on the West Side.
They were in a northbound vehicle at 1:16 a.m. when someone fired at them from a blue Infiniti in the 1100 block of South Laramie Avenue, police said. A 26-year-old man was shot in the left foot, a 35-year-old man was shot in the left knee and a 33-year-old woman was hit in the left buttock. They went to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park on their own and were all listed in good condition.
Less than half an hour before that, a man was shot inside an apartment in Englewood.
The 25-year-old was in a second-floor unit with several other males at 12:49 a.m. in the 6500 block of South Bishop Street when someone fired shots, according to police. He was hit in the buttocks and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition.
About 40 minutes earlier, another man was shot in the same neighborhood.
The 33-year-old was sitting in a parked vehicle at 12:10 a.m. when someone fired shots in the 6900 block of South May Street, police said. He was hit in the abdomen and an acquaintance drove him to St. Bernard Hospital. He was transferred to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
Minutes before that, a woman was wounded inside an apartment in Lawndale.
The 43-year-old was sitting on a couch with a man she knew at 12:01 a.m. in a second-floor apartment in the 3000 block of West Flournoy Street when he stood up and a gun went off, according to police. The woman was hit in the left ankle and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition. The man ran away after the shooting.
On Saturday night, a woman was wounded while riding in a vehicle in Englewood.
The 20-year-old was shot about 10:10 p.m. in the 1100 block of West Marquette Road, police said. She showed up at St. Bernard Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back and was transferred to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
That morning, two men were shot in Humboldt Park on the West Side.
About 9:10 a.m. the men, 30 and 41, were in an empty lot in the 800 block of North Homan Avenue when two people got out of a black vehicle parked in alley and fired shots at them, according to police. The 41-year-old man was struck in the thigh and taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition. The 30-year-old was struck in the chest and abdomen and taken to the same hospital in serious condition.
Earlier Saturday, two other men were shot in Logan Square on the Northwest Side.
The men, 27 and 25, were standing in an alley at 12:08 a.m. when someone shot at them from a gray SUV in the 1700 block of North Harding Avenue, according to police. The 25-year-old was hit in the back and leg and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition. The older man was hit in the leg and taken to the same hospital in good condition.
Minutes earlier, a man was shot during an argument in Austin on the West Side.
The 27-year-old man was arguing with a female he knew at 12:01 a.m. when she pulled out a handgun and shot him in the face in an alley in the 1100 block of South Mason Avenue, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition and the suspect was taken into custody.
At least six other people have been shot throughout Chicago since 5 p.m. Friday.
Last week, three people were killed and 19 others were injured in gun violence across the city over Easter weekend.
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