At least 73 people have been shot in Chicago so far this weekend, and eight of the victims have died, including a Chicago Police officer who was killed in the line of duty.
CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 73 people have been shot in Chicago so far this weekend, and eight of the victims have died, including a Chicago Police officer who was killed in the line of duty. Police said two Chicago police officers were shot near 63rd and Bell on the cusp of West Englewood and Chicago Lawn while conducting a traffic stop around 9 p.m. Saturday. Three people were in the car, two males and a female. During the traffic stop, someone in the vehicle opened fire on police, who returned fire. Two officers and one of the people in the car were wounded. Police said the two men who were in the car were in custody, including one who was shot and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in serious condition. Police were searching for the female who was in the car. The wounded officers were taken to University of Chicago Medical Center. A 29-year-old female officer later was pronounced dead, and the male officer was in critical condition early Sunday morning. Late Sunday, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed the identity of the officer who was killed As Ella French. This weekend’s gun violence also included a mass shooting Saturday night on the Near West Side. Police said four men were on the street in the 200 block of South Maplewood Avenue around 7:10 p.m., when a vehicle pulled up, and someone inside started shooting. All four men were wounded, and taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County: A shooting in the 11400 block of South Throop Street in Morgan Park left three people wounded at 12:23 a.m. Sunday. A group was gathered outside when they heard multiple gunshots to the east. A 23-year-old man was grazed in the leg and was treated released at the scene, while a 39-year-old man was shot in the lower back and a 24-year-old woman was shot once in the buttocks. The latter two victims were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition. At 12:48 a.m. Sunday, five men – two security guards and three bystanders – were shot at a nightclub in the 8300 block of South Halsted Street in Auburn Gresham. The security guards were working the front door of the nightclub when they refused entry to someone – who in turn started a fight. The offender pulled a gun and fired multiple shots, leaving one security guard,42, with one gunshot to the thigh and two to the back. The other security guard,40, was shot multiple time throughout the body. Both were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn – where the older security guard was in serious condition, the younger one in critical condition.
