Chicago shootings this weekend have left at least 40 people shot, eight fatally, according to police.
CHICAGO At least 40 people have been shot, eight fatally, in Chicago shootings so far this weekend, police said.
A mass shooting in Austin left one person dead and six others wounded. The shooting occurred at about 1 a.m. in the 4800-block of West Iowa Street, police said.
A man was killed and another wounded in a shooting Saturday morning in Englewood on the South Side. Shortly before noon, the 70-year-old man and a 24-year-old man were struck by gunfire in the 7100 block of South Peoria Street, according to Chicago police. The older man was shot in the chest and rushed to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The younger man was struck in the hand and was taken to the same hospital, where he was listed in good condition, police said. No one was in custody.
Hours earlier, a 31-year-old man was fatally shot in the city’s South Shore neighborhood. It happened around 6:48 a.m. in the 1700 bock of South 69th Street. The man was shot in the chest and left leg, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Hospital where he was pronounced dead. What led up to the shooting is not yet known. Area One detectives are investigating.
