At least nine people have been injured in shootings across the city since Tuesday afternoon, including an attack within a block of where three people were shot, one of them fatally, early Monday, police said.
Early Wednesday, a 26-year-old man was critically wounded in a shooting in Edgewater on the Far North Side.
The man was driving southbound in the 5900 block of North Winthrop Avenue when a gunman fired shots from a sidewalk, police said. The 26-year-old man was shot in the abdomen and hand. He drove himself to Presence St. Francis Hospital in Evanston where he was listed in critical condition early Wednesday.
The shooting is the fifth this year in which someone has been wounded by gunfire in a small section of Edgewater, bordered by Thorndale and Hollywood avenues and Sheridan Road and Winthrop Avenue, according to Tribune data.
Hours earlier, an 18-year-old man was shot in Bronzeville. The teen was arguing with another person over money in the 4800 block of South Drexel Boulevard about 10:35 p.m. Tuesday, police said. During the argument the other person pulled out a gun and opened fire as the teen tried to run away, police said.
The teen was shot in the left thigh and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center where his condition stabilized. Police said early Wednesday a suspect was in custody in connection with the shooting.
About 10:10 p.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in Chatham, police said.
The man was standing on the sidewalk in the 8700 block of South Wabash Avenue when two gunmen approached on foot and opened fire. The man, 20, was shot in the left leg and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where his condition was stabilized.
About 9 p.m., a 30-year-old man was shot in the 5000 block of South Marshfield Avenue in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
The man heard gunfire and felt pain, police said. He was shot in the upper right leg and taken to Stroger Hospital where his condition stabilized. Police said the man was being uncooperative with officers and could not provide more details surrounding the shooting.
A 59-year-old woman was wounded in a drive-by Tuesday evening in the Ashburn neighborhood.
About 8:35 p.m. Tuesday, the woman was in a vehicle in the 3600 block of West 85th Place when someone in a passing SUV fired shots, police said.
The woman was shot in the cheek and neck. She drove herself to Christ Medical Center where her condition was stabilized, police said.
A 17-year-old boy was shot about 8:30 p.m. in the 5500 block of West Fulton Street in Austin on the West Side, police said.
The teen was standing on the sidewalk with two other males when a gunman fired shots from a nearby alleyway, police said. The teen was shot in the leg and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where his condition stabilized.
About 6 p.m. in Rogers Park, a 22-year-old man was shot in the left arm in the 1300 block of West Greenleaf Avenue in a possible drive-by, said Chicago police spokesman Veejay Zala. The man's condition was stabilized at Presence St. Francis Hospital in Evanston.
A 25-year-old man was shot in the 1600 block of West Juneway Terrace about 5 p.m. also in Rogers Park, said Chicago police spokesman Officer Thomas Sweeney. The man was taken to St. Francis Hospital with gunshot wounds to the hand and hip, and his condition had stabilized.
Earlier, about 2 p.m., a 44-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the leg in the 7800 block of South South S**** Drive, and declined medical attention, police said.
Information on the circumstances of the shootings were not immediately being released.
The South S**** shooting took place near where two men were shot, one fatally, in one incident, and another wounded in a separate attack early Monday.
Morial Ewing, 28, and a 29-year-old man were wounded in an attack near 78th Street and South S**** Drive about 12:30 a.m. Ewing was later pronounced dead. While police were investigating that shooting, shots were fired nearby around 3 a.m. Monday, and a wounded man was found on 78th Place.
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