1 killed, 10 more injured in overnight shootings

A man was killed and at least 10 people were wounded in separate shootings around the city, beginning with a violent half hour on the South Side.
The one fatality occurred at 10:40 p.m. Saturday in the Englewood neighborhood, one of five shootings that occurred within 30 minutes Saturday night on the South Side. A man identified as Kent Richardson, 55, was fatally shot in the 6200 block of South Laflin Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office and police. He lived in the 1500 block of West 77th Street. He was pronounced dead at 12:43 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
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The string of South Side shootings began at 10:39 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood when two males were shot near the intersection of West 47th and South Ada streets, according to police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines. They were taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. Their ages and conditions were not immediately known.

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At 10:50 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a male suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen near the intersection of West 44th Street and South Marshfield Avenue. He was listed in stable conditon at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
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Finally at 11:01 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a 24-year-old man was shot in the adbomen in the 4400 block of South Honore Street. He was listed in serious conditon at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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Another South Side shooting occurred hours later, at 1:40 a.m. in the South Shore neighborhood. A 45-year-old man was driving when he suffered a gunshot wound to his shoulder near the intersection of East 76th Street and South Coles Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines.
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Meanwhile, on the West Side, at least five people were shot in a single incident in the 1300 block of South Springfield Avenue, according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Quention Curtis.
One man was shot in the arm, another suffered a graze wound to his leg, and a woman was shot in the leg, Gaines said. He did not immediately know the gender or conditions of the other two people shot. All of the people were adults, he said.

Curtis said that all of the victims were transported in good or good-to-fair condition to Mount Sinai Hospital and John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
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