Four teenage boys were shot over four hours in Chicago, including a 16-year-old killed in the South Shore neighborhood, according to police.
The 16-year-old was shot in the head around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 7700 block of South Marquette Avenue on the South Side, police said.
Officers responding to a call about gunfire found the boy on the ground outside, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
On the West Side, two other boys, 14 and 17, were shot around 1:15 a.m. Thursday in the Little Village neighborhood, apparently with a rifle, police said.
The boys were in a maroon truck near 25th Street and Trumbull Avenue when another vehicle pulled up and someone opened fire, police said. The older teen was wounded in the back, and the other boy was wounded in the foot.
They were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized, police said.
Rifle casings could be seen near the intersection where the shooting took place. Less than two miles away at Mount Sinai, officers surrounded the truck that was pocked with several large bullet holes.
On the West Side just before 10:50 p.m. Wednesday, another 14-year-old boy was seriously wounded in the South Austin neighborhood, police said.
He was walking in the 200 block of North Lockwood Avenue when someone opened fire, hitting him in the chest. He was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital.
Earlier Wednesday, a Chicago police officer shot and seriously wounded a man in a stolen car after the driver pinned the officer against another car, police said. The shooting happened about 11:15 a.m. in the 1600 block of North Leclaire Avenue. One officer was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital to be treated for a broken leg, and another officer suffered minor injuries.
Other shootings
• Around 11:05 p.m. on the West Side, a 42-year-old man was shot in the leg following an argument with another man in the Lawndale neighborhood, police said. He was standing in the 3900 block of West Grenshaw Street when the other man pulled a gun and shot him. The 42-year-old man was stabilized at Stroger Hospital.
• About 10 p.m. on the West Side, a 27-year-old man was shot in the Little Village neighborhood, police said. He was walking in the 2100 block of West 21st Street when the gunman approached and shot him twice in the chest and twice in the left arm. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was stabilized.
• About 5:40 p.m. on the Northwest Side, an 18-year-old man was shot in the back while driving in the 4000 block of West Palmer Street in the Hermosa neighborhood, police said. He saw a man armed with a gun hanging out of the passenger side window of a black car and then heard gunshots. He went to Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, and he was transferred in serious condition to Stroger Hospital.
• About 1:15 p.m. on the Southwest Side, a 37-year-old man was shot in the 6000 block of South Fairfield Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. He was shot multiple times inside a home and was taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said.
• About 12:55 p.m. on the South Side, a 41-year-old man was shot in the leg in the South Shore neighborhood in the 2900 block of East 79th Street. He was taken in good condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said. A gunman was in custody and a weapon was recovered from the scene, authorities said.
• About 12:50 p.m. on the Southwest Side, a 25-year-old man was critically wounded in the Gage Park neighborhood in the 2600 block of West 54th Street, police said. The man was standing on a sidewalk when the driver of a red minivan got out and fired three times, hitting him in the upper right back and left hip area, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital.
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