At least 22 people have been shot, two fatally, in shootings across Chicago this weekend, police said.
A man was fatally shot early Saturday in Auburn Gresham on the South Side. Police responded to a call of a person shot in the 1600 block of West 80th Street when they discovered a 58-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest shortly after midnight, according to Chicago police. Witnesses at the scene told police they heard shots fired and saw the man fall to the ground, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Another man died after he was found Friday night lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound in Garfield Park. The 26-year-old was shot in the lower back at about 6:30 p.m. in the 3900 block of West Gladys Avenue, according to Chicago police. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. No one was in custody. No other information was available.on Saturday morning, according to Chicago police. It happened around 4:40 a.m.
on Chicago's South Side, fire officials said. The man was shot at the Cermak-Chinatown Red Line Station, fire officials said. CFD transported him to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition. ABC7 spoke with passengers who were on the train. They said two men got into an altercation. One pulled out a gun and shot the other. All passengers were evacuated. Officials did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.
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