With the long holiday weekend barely half over, at least 36 people have been shot across Chicago and five of them have died, including a 15-year-old girl.
in what police say was a domestic attack in Little Village early Monday. Her mother also died and her brother was wounded. The teens’ father was arrested.four people were shot in a mass attackThe Fourth of July weekend is typically one of the most violent times in Chicago, and this year the holiday stretches over four days for many people.Last year, at least 10 people were killed and 62 others were wounded by gunfire over the Fourth of July.
Minutes later, a man was killed in West Englewood. Andre Barker, 43, was in the 5600 block of South Wolcott Avenue when he was shot several times around 8:30 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
A person was killed and two others were wounded Saturday evening in West Elsdon, according to police. Someone in a silver sedan opened fire around 7:50 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Kostner Avenue, striking a 52-year-old woman, a 19-year-old man and another male, police said. The male, whose age wasn’t released, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Just after midnight Monday, a 15-year-old girl and her mother were shot to death in their Little Village home in the 2600 block of South Millard Avenue, police said. The girl’s brother was shot in the ankle and fled to a neighbor’s house and called police. The girl shot in the face and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her mother, Karina Gonzalez, 48, suffered several gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.
A man was critically injured after he was struck by a car and then shot early Sunday in McKinley Park. The man, 35, was running through a parking lot around 12:40 a.m. in the 3400 block of South Ashland Avenue when someone in a blue sedan hit him, police said. The man fell to the ground, then someone inside the car began shooting at him, police said. He was shot twice in the right thigh and once in the left thigh.
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