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Chicago shootings: 34 shot, 8 fatally, in Memorial Day weekend gun violence across city, CPD says

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CHICAGO — At least 34 people have been shot, eight fatally, in Chicago shootings so far this Memorial Day weekend.

A man was killed and a woman was injured in a West Garfield Park shooting early Sunday, police said.

The 35-year-old man and 30-year-old woman were sitting in a parked car in the 4100-block of West Taylor Street around 2:09 a.m. when someone fired shots, Chicago police said.

The man was shot in the head and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital. The woman was in critical condition at the same hospital with a gunshot wound to the side.

No arrests have been made and detectives are investigating.

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Three men were shot early Sunday morning on Chicago’s North Side, CPD said.

The men were walking on the sidewalk in the 600-block of West Barry Avenue in the city’s Lakeview neighborhood about 12:50 a.m. when shots were fired, Chicago police said. The three were outside the Mariano’s at Broadway and Barry when the shooting took place, according to CPD.

Chicago fire crews took one of the men to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in serious condition, with gunshot wounds to the back and chest. A 22-year-old man also was taken to Masonic in good condition with a gunshot wound to the leg, and a 32-year-old taken to Masonic was in good condition with a gunshot wound to the back, police said.

It was not immediately clear what led to the shooting.

No one was in custody later Sunday morning.

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Area Three detectives are investigating.

A man was fatally shot in Washington Heights early Sunday, police said.

The man, 20, was in the 1000-block of West 105th Street when two men approached and at least one of them fired shots, according to Chicago police.

The victim was struck in the head and legs, and he was pronounced dead on scene.

No arrests have been made and detectives are investigating.

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A man has died after being shot in Woodlawn Saturday night, police said.

The man, 26, was leaving a gas station in the 500-block of East 67th Street around 10:55 p.m. when someone in a white SUV fired shots, according to Chicago police.

He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds to the back. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

No one is in custody and detectives are investigating.

A 14-year-old girl suffered a graze wound during a shooting Saturday night in Englewood.

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Just before 10 p.m, the teen was standing on a sidewalk with a group of people in the 7000-block of South Ada Street when the shots were fired, Chicago police said.

She suffered a graze wound to the right arm and was treated at the scene, but declined to be taken to a hospital, police said.

No one was in custody.

Three men were wounded in an Auburn Gresham drive-by shooting several hours after a man was fatally shot in the same South Side neighborhood.

Just before noon, the men were in the 7900-block of South Ashland Avenue when a vehicle approached and someone inside opened fire, Chicago police said.

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One man, 55, was shot in the back and another, 34, in the arm, police said. They went to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

The third man, 26, was hit in the shoulder and went to Stroger Hospital where he was listed in good condition, authorities said.

Hours earlier, a man was found shot to death less than a mile away in the 7800-block of South Seeley Avenue.

No one was in custody for either attack.

A man was shot to death Saturday morning in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. It happened about 11:15 a.m. in the 1100-block of North Ridgeway Avenue, according to Chicago police. The man, thought to be between 25-30, suffered multiple gunshot wounds. He died at a hospital. Area detectives were investigating.

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A man was shot and killed early Saturday in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

About 3:20 a.m., Johnathan Salgado, 22, was standing on the sidewalk in the 2400-block of South Homan Avenue when he was shot in the chest, according to Chicago police.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he later died, police said.

No one was in custody.

Hours earlier, two people were shot, one fatally, in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood, police said. A 36-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man were standing on a sidewalk in the 2300-block of West 18th Street just before 3 a.m. when someone fired shots, according to Chicago police. They were taken to a nearby hospital, where the man was pronounced dead. The woman was listed in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the face. No arrests have been made and detectives are investigating.

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Less than hour earlier, a 34-year-old man was fatally shot in Lakeview, according to police. The man was found on a sidewalk in the 500-block of West Surf Street around 2:15 a.m., police said. He suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No one is in custody and detectives are investigating.

At around 12:50 a.m., police say a man, 33, was found shot to death in Auburn Gresham. He was found on a sidewalk in the 7800-block of South Seeley Avenue according to police. He suffered a gunshot wound to the armpit and was pronounced dead on the scene. No one is in custody and detectives are investigating.

In non-fatal shootings, a 16-year-old girl was shot while standing on a sidewalk in East Garfield Park. It happened early Saturday morning around 1:11 a.m. in the 3000 blk. of W. Jackson. The teen was taken to Mt. Sinai in fair condition with a gunshot wound to her right side. There is no one in custody and Area Four detectives are investigating.

Another teen was shot in a Jeffrey Manor home after opening the front door Friday night, Chicago police said. The shooting happened just before 10:30 p.m. in the 9700-block of South Merrill Avenue, police said. The 17-year-old male victim was still inside the home when he was shot in the leg. He was taken to a hospital in good condition, police said. No other information was immediately available.

A Michigan police officer is in custody after a gun went off in a River North hotel room on Saturday afternoon, officials said. The off-duty officer, a 23-year-old man from the Grand Rapids area, was inside a hotel room with another man, 25, in 300-block of North Dearborn Street at about 3:10 p.m. Police said the younger man was handling a gun when it went off, striking himself and the older man. The off-duty officer, shot in the hand, was transported to Northwestern Hospital in fair condition. The other man, shot in the stomach, was taken to the same hospital in fair condition. The officer is in custody and charges are pending. Police found two guns on the scene, and Area Three detectives are investigating. Authorities did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.

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Last weekend, at least 23 people were shot, one fatally, police said.

Source: Sun-Times Media Wire – Copyright Chicago Sun-Times 2023.)

ABC7 Chicago contributed to this report.

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Police began breaking up an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles early on Thursday morning, in the latest clampdown on student demonstrators across the country.

Officers in riot gear removed tents and obstacles and detained protesters, leading them away with zip ties around their wrists, following disruption that has led the university to cancel classes. They used “flash-bang” devices to disorient people in the crowds, local media reported.

The intervention came as several colleges across the country have taken the unusual step of authorising police to enter campuses, break up demonstrations against Israel’s offensive in Gaza and make arrests, sparking memories of the response to protests against the Vietnam war in 1968.

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New York police made 282 arrests at Columbia University on Tuesday night amid protests that mayor Eric Adams blamed on “outside agitators”.
Columbia has been a focal point of demonstrations triggered by the war between Hamas and Israel, but the university’s move to suspend students and call in police sparked copycat occupations and clampdowns in the US and at universities abroad.

At UCLA, tensions escalated after clashes broke out when counter-protesters stormed the pro-Palestinian encampment early on Wednesday. The university has said that the encampment was “unlawful” and warned that students involved could face sanctions including dismissal.

The university moved classes online for the remainder of the week and warned faculty, staff and students to avoid the protest area during the “evacuation”.

Groups of students around the country have been demanding in many cases that their universities divest their funds from Israel-linked companies, but the demonstrations have also sparked incidents of antisemitism and drawn criticism including from President Joe Biden.

Police intervened on Wednesday at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, reports said, after incidents on Tuesday including arrests at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. More than 1,600 people have been arrested at 30 colleges across the US since April 18, according to a tally by the Associated Press.

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The clashes at UCLA came after two weeks of controversy at the nearby University of Southern California, where administrators cancelled a graduation speech by the valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, a Muslim woman, citing security concerns.

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Law enforcement officers are moving into a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. Violence erupted this week on UCLA’s campus when counter-protesters attempted to forcibly dismantle the tents. Journalists and protest organizers say fireworks and tear gas were used. The confrontation was a flashpoint among dozens of university protests against the war in Gaza that have broken out nationwide.

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  • The nationwide protests began at Columbia University, where police cleared out an encampment and occupied campus building Tuesday night. On Up First, NPR’s Martin Kaste compares the police response to 1968 when Columbia students protested the Vietnam War. Kaste talked about some of these differences with Chuck Wexler, who runs the Police Executive Research Forum. Wexler thinks that in most cases, protesters are getting more careful treatment by the police. Still, injuries have been reported, and police trainer Russ Hicks says he’s seen some officers lose their cool. 
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Arizona lawmakers have voted to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban. Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs is expected to sign the bill into law today. But it won’t go into effect until 90 days after the state’s legislative session — meaning the near-total abortion ban could temporarily go into effect before the repeal takes it off the books.

  • “This has really revealed a schism in the Republican party,” says Ben Giles of NPR network station KJZZ in Phoenix, Ariz. Party leaders like Donald Trump have called on Republicans to fix or repeal the law. But Giles says rank-and-file Republicans in the state, like Sen. Jake Hoffman, who leads the local version of the Freedom Caucus, say the law was great. 
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Donald Trump yesterday held his first campaign rallies since the start of his criminal hush money trial in New York. In lengthy speeches in Waukesha, Wisc., and Freeland, Mich., Trump focused on what a second term would look like and the consequences if he doesn’t win.

  • With his limited campaign schedule, NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben says Trump is focusing on the new “Protect the Vote” program his campaign and the RNC recently rolled out. The program aims to get a “massive force of people” to watch poll workers and make sure ballots are counted correctly. Kurtzleben says the “renewed, early, organized sustained” push for this program doubles down on “the Big Lie” that Trump and the Republican party have been telling about who won the 2020 election.

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Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage in Gaza for 51 days, and whose husband Keith remains in Hamas captivity, spends time with her eight-year-old granddaughter Yali Tiv at her daughter’s home on Kibbutz Gazit on March 26. Aviva has been staying with her daughter in northern Israel since being released in November.

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Aviva Siegel, 63, was taken hostage by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, along with her husband Keith. She was released after 51 days, but he was not. Recently, Hamas released a video showing Keith alive.

See photos of Aviva and her family since her release, and read about how life has changed for them as they wait with hope for Keith’s return.

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