“I don’t remember seeing a Labor Day weekend with so few people out on the street,” said Father Michael Pfleger, the pastor in a neighborhood that this weekend saw several young people injured by gun violence, including an 18-year-old who was fatally shot.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and an investigation remains underway.
A 28-year-old man was shot in the chest, forearm and finger after getting into an argument with someone at a gas station. He was taken to an area hospital and later pronounced dead. Another 18-year-old was shot in the forearm and thigh and taken to an area hospital in fair condition and a 20-year-old was shot in the abdomen and last listed in fair condition at another area hospital.was shot and killed by a security guard outside of a Greektown dispensary Police said the incident happened just after 10 a.m. in the 200 block of South Halsted, when a man got into a verbal altercation outside of a business with a 37-year-old man working security.
Just after 3:30 a.m., a 31-year-old man was shot while walking in the 9600 block of South Calumet, police said. The man was on the sidewalk when someone in a black Jeep fired shots, according to authorities. He was shot in the lower left back and taken to an area hospital in good condition. A 22-year-old woman was riding in a vehicle driving in the 1400 block of South Central Park at approximately 12:09 a.m. when a person in a truck fired shots, striking her in the right thigh. Police say she was taken to an area hospital in good condition.
Two individuals were standing on a sidewalk in the 5700 block of South Aberdeen at approximately 1:28 a.m. when a person got out of a vehicle and fired shots at them. A 22-year-oldman was hit in the left shoulder, and a 28-year-old woman was hit in the left hand. Both were taken to area hospitals in good condition, police said.
Police reported that a 19-year-old man shot himself in the leg while handling a firearm in a residence located on the 6200 block of South King Drive at approximately 12:16 p.m. He was transported to a local hospital in stable condition, and police said they are investigating the incident. A 28-year-old man was shot in the right leg in the 11600 block of South Lowe Avenue at approximately 3:30 a.m., according to police. He was taken to an area hospital in good condition.
At approximately 8:39 p.m. in the 3600 block of South Hamilton, a 20-year-old man was in a verbal altercation with another individual when he was shot in the back and shoulder, police said. The man was taken to an area hospital in good condition. Police responding to a call of shots fired in the 1600 block of South Lawndale Avenue at approximately 10:19 p.m. discovered two individuals that had been shot. A 63-year-old woman was shot in the left leg, and was listed in critical condition at an area hospital, while a man in his 20s was shot in the right ankle, and was listed in good condition.
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