A 42-year-old man was shot to death Friday while trying to break up a fight in the 1600 block of North Cicero Avenue
One person was killed and at least 12 others wounded in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend. A 42-year-old man was shot to death Friday while trying to break up a fight in Austin on the West Side. The man was attempting to break up a fight between two males about 9:10 p.m. in the 1600 block of North Cicero Avenue when one of the males pulled out a gun and fired shots, striking the man in the back and leg, Chicago police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the man as Kenny Winters, a resident of Brighton Park. Charges are pending against a man arrested in connection with the shooting, police said. In non-fatal attacks, a 34-year-old man was critically wounded in a shooting early Saturday in Austin on the West Side. He was riding in a vehicle about 4:35 a.m. in the 800 block of North Laramie Avenue when someone exited a parked dark blue SUV and fired shots, police said. The man was shot in the chest and taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park in critical condition, police said. A man and a woman were shot Saturday morning in Englewood on the South Side. The man,61, and woman,46, were sitting inside a parked vehicle about 3:55 a.m. in the 5600 block of South Shields Avenue when someone inside a black SUV fired shots, police said. The woman suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and the man was struck in the back, police said.
