Chicago shootings: 33 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend violence, CPD says

The youngest murder sufferer was a 16-year-old boy shot Saturday night close to “The Bean” statue within the Loop, main Mayor Lori Lightfoot to impose a curfew for unaccompanied minors on weekends at Millennium Park.

Declaring town “can not permit any of our public areas to grow to be platforms for hazard,” Lightfoot stated unaccompanied minors will not be allowed there after 6 p.m. from Thursday via Sunday, except they’re with “at the very least one accountable grownup.”

Two individuals had been arrested shortly after 16-year-old Seandell Holliday was shot lifeless whereas crowds gathered close to “The Bean,” police stated. Seandell was shot in his chest and pronounced lifeless at Lurie Kids’s Hospital.

Later Saturday evening, two extra individuals had been shot within the Loop after police stated two youngsters opened hearth on a bunch of individuals shortly earlier than midnight within the 300-block of South State Avenue. A person was shot within the neck and chest, whereas one other man, 18, was shot within the hand.

Shootings within the downtown space have elevated this yr. To date this weekend, 5 of the 31 shootings victims had been within the 1st police district, which covers the Loop and Close to South Facet areas. Shootings within the district are up 60% over final yr via Could 8, in line with police statistics. All different classes of main crime – together with homicide, theft, theft and battery – are additionally up within the downtown police district.

Almost a 3rd of capturing victims this weekend had been in two police districts on the West Facet: the tenth (Ogden) and eleventh (Harrison) districts.

Different deadly shootings this weekend since 5 p.m. Friday:

– A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in Englewood on the South Facet. He was standing close to a sidewalk round 7:25 p.m. Friday when photographs rang out within the 6900-block of South Ada Avenue, police stated. He was shot in his chest and armpit space and pronounced lifeless on the College of Chicago Medical Middle.

– A gunman shot two males, one in all them fatally, after their autos collided Friday night close to Douglas Park within the Lawndale neighborhood. The capturing occurred round 11:30 p.m. in 1200 block of South California Avenue, police stated. One of many males, 40, was shot within the chest and died Mount Sinai Hospital. The opposite man, additionally 40, was hospitalized in good situation.

– Saturday night, a 19-year-old man was shot to dying in a Washington Park dwelling. He was inside the house within the 5700-block of South Indiana Avenue when somebody fired photographs round 5:30 p.m, police stated. He was taken to the College of Chicago with a gunshot wound to the pinnacle and pronounced lifeless.

– Saturday afternoon, a person was fatally shot in West Englewood on the South Facet. He was close to a sidewalk within the 6500-block of South Ashland Avenue when somebody opened hearth and struck the 34-year-old round 4:30 p.m., police stated. He was hit a number of instances and brought to the College of Chicago, the place he was pronounced lifeless.

– The youngest particular person wounded this weekend was a 13-year-old boy shot Sunday within the South Shore neighborhood. He was shot whereas standing on a sidewalk with a bunch of individuals within the 7800-block of South Essex Avenue round 1:45 a.m., police stated. He was hospitalized in truthful situation with a gunshot wound to his buttocks at Comer Kids’s Hospital.

Final weekend, 24 individuals had been shot, six fatally.

ABC7 Chicago contributed to this report.

(Source: Solar-Instances Media Wire – Copyright Chicago Solar-Instances 2022.)