Chicago’s South and Southwest sides saw a grim run of violence from Tuesday evening into early Wednesday, with 11 people shot, two fatally, and another person seriously injured in a stabbing. The incidents unfolded across several neighborhoods, and police said they were separate cases rather than one connected attack.
According to FOX 32 Chicago, the first shooting was reported around 5 p.m. in Gage Park, where a 23-year-old man was shot in the leg. Additional shootings followed in Little Village, West Lawn, West Englewood, South Shore and West Pullman, while a stabbing was reported in South Chicago.
Two Fatal Shootings Were Reported Late At Night
The deadliest stretch came just before and after midnight. In South Shore, a 35-year-old man was shot in the back and chest and later died at the University of Chicago Medical Center, while a 42-year-old man found at the same scene suffered wounds to his back and left arm and remained in critical condition.
About 20 minutes later, police found a 43-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest in West Pullman. He was taken to Christ Hospital in critical condition and later died, according to police.
Teen Among Those Wounded Across Seven Neighborhoods
Three men were shot in Little Village after someone in a vehicle opened fire, leaving a 27-year-old and a 21-year-old with serious head wounds and a 22-year-old with a leg injury. A 15-year-old boy was also shot in the back in West Englewood and was reported in good condition at Comer Children’s Hospital.
Elsewhere, a 28-year-old woman in West Lawn was shot in the thigh, a 21-year-old man in West Englewood suffered wounds to his left arm, and two other men were shot in Gage Park and Little Village. The South Chicago stabbing victim, a 37-year-old man, was cut on the right arm and listed in serious condition after an unknown attacker fled.
Detectives Investigating, No Arrests Announced
Police had not announced arrests in any of the shootings or the stabbing as of Wednesday morning. Area One, Area Two, Area Three and Area Four detectives were assigned to investigate the separate cases, the report said.
The overnight tally follows another Chicago violence cluster reported earlier this month, when two people were killed and seven others wounded in separate shootings, according to a recent Hoodline roundup. In the latest cases, police have not released suspected motives or indicated that the shootings were connected.
