2nd worst weekend of 2015 for Chicago gun violence: 8 dead, 45 wounded
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A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed near 44th Street and Greenwood Avenue on Sept. 19, 2015, in Chicago.
Chicago Tribune staffContact Reporter
Eight people were killed and at least 45 people were wounded in shootings between Friday evening and early Monday, making it the second most violent weekend in Chicago this year.
The only weekend that was worse was July 3-6, when 57 people were shot, seven fatally, according to an analysis of Chicago Tribune data on shootings and homicides.
When compared with non-holiday weekends, this past weekend was the worst with 53 people shot. The next highest weekends were Aug. 8-10 with 48, May 15-18 with 46, and Aug. 21-24 with 43.
Forty or more people were shot every weekend from July 24 to 27 to Aug. 28-31.
Since March, the number of gunshot victims has reached double digits every single weekend, according to the data. Since April 10-13, the number of gunshot victims has always been 25 or more.
Adding to the weekend's toll was one additional killing -- a 25-year-old man was found fatally stabbed at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the 3500 block of West 24th Street in the city's Little Village neighborhood.
This weekend's shootings bring the year's total to at least 2,213, according to an analysis of a Chicago Tribune database. That's an increase of more than 350 over last year and more than 500 over 2013, according to Tribune data.
Peace event one day, death the next
The gun-related death of a young Chicago man is especially poignant for St. Sabina pastor Michael Pfleger. Sept. 21, 2015. (CBS Chicago)
There were at least 365 homicide victims in Chicago through Monday morning this year, 53 more than last year and 38 more than 2013, according to a Tribune database on homicides.
The most violent stretch this weekend occurred late Saturday morning into Sunday when five people were killed and 18 were wounded, including a 14-year-old boy who was shot to death Saturday evening in the North Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side.
At least 16 people were shot Friday night into early Saturday, and 14 people were shot late Sunday morning into early Monday morning.
The 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy were on the street in the 4400 block of South Greenwood Avenue in the North Kenwood neighborhood when a car drove by and someone opened fire around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, according to police.
The 14-year-old, identified by his mother as Tyjuan Poindexter, was shot in the head and died at the scene. The 15-year-old boy, shot three times in the lower right leg and foot, was taken to Comer Children's Hospital, according to police.
Shooting at 44th and Greenwood
A police officer tries to console the father of a 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed near 44th Street and Greenwood Avenue in Chicago on Sept. 19, 2015. (Brian Nguyen / Chicago Tribune)
An autopsy Sunday determined Tyjuan died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Just after 2 a.m. Sunday, one person was killed and at least five were wounded in a shooting in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said. A group was outside in the 5800 block of South LaSalle Street when people walked from an alley and began shooting.
Charles Lewis, 28, who police said lived in the 5700 block of South LaSalle Street, was pronounced dead at 4:28 a.m., according to the medical examiner's office. He was found in an alley after being shot in the chest, police said.
In other fatal shootings:
• A 43-year-old man was killed around 9:40 p.m. Sunday in the Rosemoor neighborhood on the Far South Side, according to police. Police officers responded to calls of a person shot in the 10100 block of South Calumet Avenue and found the man on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, said Chicago Police Department spokesman Officer Ron Gaines.
• Around 8:20 p.m. Sunday, a 37-year-old man, identified as Phillip Floro of the 3000 block of West Franklin Street in Chicago, was shot to death in the North Austin neighborhood on the West Side, according to police and the medical examiner's office. The man was walking with a friend in the 1600 block of North Central Avenue when he was shot in the abdomen, Greer said.
• At 11:05 a.m. Sunday, 18-year-old Deionte D. Harris, of the 8200 block of South Bishop Street, was pronounced dead at the scene in the 8400 block of South Hermitage Avenue in the city's Gresham neighborhood, according to the medical examiner's office. Paramedics were called to the Hermitage address at 10:34 a.m. for a person shot in the head, said Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Curtis Hudson.
• Around 5:25 a.m. Sunday, a 31-year-old man was killed in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side, according to Officer Janel Sedevic, a police spokeswoman. Officers going to the 11700 block of South LaSalle Street found him unresponsive with several gunshot wounds in a parked car.
• At 8:15 p.m. Saturday, a 27-year-old man and a 34-year-old man were shot in the 3400 block of West Flournoy Street in the Homan Square neighborhood, police said. The 27-year-old, identified as Torrence Bearden of the 700 block of North Harding Avenue, was hit in the chest and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, according to police and the medical examiner's office. A day later, he was pronounced dead at the hospital at 10:06 p.m.
• Just after 6 p.m. Saturday, a man believed to be in his 30s was killed in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side. He was found with a gunshot wound to the neck in the 1200 block of North Keeler Avenue, said Officer Nicole Trainor, a police spokeswoman. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect number for the number of shooting incidents on Aug. 7-10
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