At least 60 people have been shot across Chicago so far this weekend, and eight of them have been killed.
CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 60 people have been shot across Chicago so far this weekend, and eight of them have been killed. At least four of the victims were under age 18, including one boy who was killed and another who was injured when they were shot in a backyard in Englewood early Saturday morning. Police say the shooting happened around 1:15 a.m. in the 6800 block of South Peoria. A 15-year-old was seriously hurt after he was shot in the stomach, and a 17-year-old was hit in the chest and died at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Around the same time, a 37-year-old man was killed in a shooting in the Galewood neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Police said the victim was standing on the sidewalk with a group of people on the 1700 block of North Moody Avenue, when someone in a blue sedan started shooting at them. The victim was taken to Loyola University Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the head, and later was pronounced dead. The first homicide of the weekend happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday in the South Shore neighborhood. Police said a 19-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk on the 7000 block of South Merrill Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain. The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. He was identified as Janarrow Deberry. Around 5:15 a.m. Saturday, police officers on patrol in the Chatham neighborhood heard gunfire on the first block of East 79th Street, and found a 36-year-old man lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. A shooter in a passing car had opened fire on the victim and fled the scene. The victim was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
