Ten men were killed and at least 46 people, including a 13-year-old boy, were wounded by gunfire across Chicago over the Labor Day weekend.
Nearly half the people shot over the holiday weekend — and nearly half of those killed — were attacked in three police districts on the South Side where shootings have been down this year.
A total of 23 people were shot in the 4th, 7th and 9th police districts, four of them fatally. The districts include the Englewood, Bridgeport, South Chicago, South Deering and Calumet Heights neighborhoods.
The holiday weekend was more deadly than Labor Day weekend last year, when 67 people were shot, six of them fatally. A year earlier, in 2020, 56 people were also shot over the holiday weekend, eight of them fatally. Over Labor Day weekend in 2019, 43 people were shot citywide, eight of them fatally.
Double murder in South Chicago
The deadliest attack over the weekend happened Sunday in the South Chicago neighborhood, killing two men and wounding two others. They were on the porch of a home around 6:50 p.m. at 86th and Kingston when two people approached and opened fire, police said. Two men, 18 and 20, were pronounced dead. Another two men, also 18 and 20, were wounded.
Police said no one was in custody but that detectives were following up on leads. “We’re certain that someone in the community knows who did it,” Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said in a news conference Tuesday morning. “We do have leads we’re following up on, but we definitely need more help,” he said.
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Guard kills man with ax at Greektown pot dispensary
Monday morning, a security guard fatally shot a man who struck him an axe outside a marijuana dispensary in Greektown. About 10 a.m., a man, 30, began arguing with a 37-year-old man working as a security guard outside Zen Leaf Chicago, on Halsted and Adams, over the business’ return policy, officials said.
The man swung an ax and struck the security guard in the leg. The security guard fired shots, killing the 30-year-old man. The security guard was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition with cuts to his left leg.
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Other weekend murders
A man was killed Friday evening in West Garfield Park. The man, 24, was standing on the sidewalk on Jackson near Kostner when two cars approached and several people got out and began shooting around 6:30 p.m., police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Early Saturday, a man was fatally shot in Old Town on the Near North Side. The man, 31, was found on the ground with a gunshot wound in the chest a few minutes after midnight on Hudson near Evergreen, police said. He died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
A few hours later, a man was killed in Englewood on the South Side. Officers found the man, 22, with gunshot wounds about 3 a.m. at 60th and Racine, police said. He was rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead.
A man was fatally shot at a gas station Saturday afternoon in Pullman on the Far South Side. Theatus White, 28, was on 103rd Street near Cottage Grove when he got into an argument with someone who pulled a gun from a fanny pack and fired shots around 3:50 p.m., authorities said. He was shot in the chest, finger and forearm, and pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Saturday night, a man was fatally shot after an argument in West Woodlawn. The man, 29, was inside a home in the 66th and Evans when he was shot in the neck and arm about 11:15 p.m., police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
One man was killed and another critically wounded early Sunday in the Loop. They were arguing with another man around 12:05 a.m. outside of a bar, 2Twenty2 Tavern, on Wabash and Adams when the shooter pulled out a handgun and fired four rounds, police said. One man, 40, was shot in the back and shoulder and pronounced dead. The other man, 37, was shot in the chest.
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Two people were shot, one fatally, Monday night in McKinley Park. They were inside a vehicle around 7:40 p.m. at 37th and Paulina when someone fired shots, police said. One man, 31, was shot in the body and died at Stroger Hospital. Another man was also shot in the body and treated at a hospital.
The youngest shooting victim was a 13-year-old boy attacked early Sunday in the Lawndale neighborhood. The teen was shot as he walked on the sidewalk about 1:30 a.m. on Kostner near Flournoy, police said. The teen was hit in the knee and was taken to West Suburban Medical Center, where he was listed in good condition.
At least 41 other people were wounded in shootings in Chicago between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Tuesday.
(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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