At least 51 people were shot over weekend in Chicago, and nine of the victims have died.
CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 51 people were shot over weekend in Chicago, and nine of the victims have died. Four of the victims were under 18 years old, including a 4-year-old who was shot in the South Chicago neighborhood Friday evening. Police said the boy was shot in the right thigh, left thigh, and hand around 5:45 p.m. Friday in the 8300 block of South Saginaw Avenue. The boy was taken to South Shore Hospital in good condition. The first homicide of the weekend happened at about 6 p.m. Friday in the West Englewood neighborhood. Police said a 29-year-old man was driving in the 2100 block of West 71st Street when another vehicle pulled up behind him, two people got out, and shot him through the rear window of his car. The victim was shot in the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as Reginald Benson. A man was shot and killed during a fight over a parking space in Belmont Central Friday night, police said. The man,36, was trying to park his car in his garage in the 2600 block of North Mobile Avenue at about 9:50 p.m. when he requested that a car blocking the garage move, authorities said. That’s when an unidentified man got out of the vehicle blocking the garage and started pushing the victim. The two men got into a physical struggle and the offender drew a weapon and shot at the victim before he got back into his car and fled the scene, police said.
