45 shot, 5 fatally, since Friday evening in Chicago
A woman was killed and two other people injured, including a 15-year-old boy, in a shooting Friday night in Back of the Yards.
By Sun-Times Wire Updated Jun 20, 2021, 9:05am CDT
At least five people have been killed and 40 others wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening.
In the most recent fatal attack, a man was shot dead while driving in Humboldt Park early Sunday.
The 21-year-old was driving a Jeep about 1:40 a.m. in the 3100 block of West Augusta Boulevard when a car pulled up next to him and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said.
The man was shot in the head, police said. A passenger in the Jeep drove him to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Less than an hour earlier, a woman was fatally shot in Bucktown on the Northwest Side.
She was riding in a vehicle about 1 a.m. in the 2100 block of North Oakley Avenue when another vehicle drove up alongside and someone inside opened fire, striking the woman, police said. The 32-year-old was dropped off at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
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