There have been two double homicides reported on the West Side since 5 p.m. Friday.
At least sixteen people have been shot, five fatally, since Friday night in Chicago, including a 15-year-old boy killed in Lawndale on the West Side. About 11:50 p.m., Dajon Gater was on a front porch in the 3900 block of West Lexington Street when two males approached and began firing shots at him, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He suffered a gunshot wound to the head was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, police said. Two people were fatally shot following an incident at an East Garfield Park convenience store Friday night.
