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22-year-old man shot in Marquette Park

At 2:15 a.m., a 22-year-old man was standing in a garage on the 7200 block of South Christiana Avenue when a male approached the man on foot and shot him. The victim sustained several gunshot wounds and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where his condition had stabilized

40-year-old man shot in Little Village

In Little Village, a 40-year-old man was in a restaurant on the 3200 block of West Cermak Road at 10 p.m. when he got into an altercation with four males. The man fled on foot from the restaurant when someone fired at him, striking him in the back.
The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition

15 year old boy shot in West Pullman

A 15year-old boy was also shot while standing on the sidewalk on the 12100 block of South Emerald Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood when a light-colored van drove by and someone fired shots at the boy at 10 p.m., police said.
The teen sustained a gunshot wound to the left buttocks and was taken to Metro South Hospital where he was listed in good condition,

16-year-old boy shot in Morgan Park

 A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized after being shot in the arm in the Morgan Park neighborhood.
The shooting happened on the 1300 block of West 113th Place at 8:15 p.m.
The teen was shot in the lower right arm and was taken to Metro South Hospital where his condition had stabilized,

2 shot 1 shot dead in Little Village

One man was fatally shot and another man was critically wounded in the Little Village neighborhood early this morning.
The men were in a car that had struck a tree on the 2500 block of South Kildare Avenue at 2:43 a.m.
Police responded to a call of shots being fired and when they arrived they found that both men in the car had been shot.
John Kouzios, 33, of the 3000 block of South Kedvale Avenue, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 42-year-old man who was with him inside the vehicle was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital

Dozens arrested running drug markets on South, West sides

Chicago police officials said today that they have arrested 39 people and confiscated several guns, drugs and vehicles as they "dismantled" drug operations that accounted for millions of dollars in yearly drug sales on the South and West sides.
Police made the announcement today while touting the results of several narcotics division investigations that targeted operations in the Wentworth and the Chicago Lawn districts on the South Side and in the Grand Central district on the city's west side.
The latest police actions are continuation of arrests that took place last week. Nearly 90 people have been arrested as part of the combined operations.
"The relationship between gangs, drugs, and violence is longstanding," said Chicago Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy. "Only a collaborative, comprehensive, and unrelenting approach will diminish it, as we are seeing in our strategies to target drug markets devastating communities affected by gang violence."
In the Wentworth district, officers "dismantled" a drug operation that yearly sold more than $2.3 million worth of heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis. Police targeted the area along 43rd Street between Michigan and Calumet avenues which were frequented by street gangs.
Using surveillance and covert narcotics purchases, police targeted 23 people in the enterprise and arrested 20 for drug-related offenses

Man found guilty of 2009 killing of wife, ex-girlfriend and father

A South Side man has been found guilty of murder in a rampage that left his wife and former girlfriend dead and eventually claimed the life of his father.
James Amison was accused of flying into a rage on Dec. 11 and 12, 2009, when he strangled his ex-wife, Takisha Smith, in Steger, shot his father, James Johnson, in Maywood and fatally shot a former girlfriend, Stephanie Reed, in Chicago.
Amison’s father died a little more than a year later.
 A Cook County Criminal Court jury found Amison guilty Thursday night.
A Will County murder case involving his wife was transferred and became part of the Cook County case in which he was accused of killing his father and former girlfriend.
Prosecutors said at the time that Amison was convinced that his wife was having an affair with his father. Amison, now 40, was arrested a short time later after he tried to rob a South Side strip club, only to be shot by a patron.
In his trial this week, defense attorneys tried to paint Amison as delusional, citing a videotaped statement to police in which he said he was convinced his father was having an affair with his wife and that family members had taken life insurance policies out on him and were trying to have him killed.
Amison was found mentally fit for trial last year.

Actin all ghetto Flash mob/wilding asses attack Lifeguard in University Village neighborhood pool 1 arrested

A judge set bail today at $150,000 for a man accused of beating up a 17-year-old lifeguard at a public pool during a melee yesterday in the University Village neighborhood on the Near West Side.
Judge James Brown set the bail for Verdell Parker, 21, of the 7600 block of South Paulina Street, during today’s noontime bond hearing in Cook County Criminal Court. 
Police said Parker was charged with felony aggravated battery to a government employee and violation of probation for the beating of a 17-year-old boy at Fosco Park public pool at 1312 S. Racine Ave. on Thursday afternoon.
Prosecutors said Parker was one of a large group of males who began acting disorderly and disobeying pool rules.
Two lifeguards and a lifeguard supervisor repeatedly asked them to leave because they were breaking the rules, but when they finally exited the pool, someone yelled: “Rush the guards!’’.
One of the males in the group grabbed the victim and tried to throw him into the pool but he resisted and the two struggled and fell to the ground.
When the two got up, a group of nine or 10 males including Parker and two or three others surrounded the victim and pummeled him with their fists multiples times causing him to suffer a broken nose, two loose teeth, a bloody swollen lacerated lip, and multiple bruises to the face. 
The supervisor was able to grab the victim and pull him into the lifeguard office and lock the door. The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and released a few hours after he was treated.
The suspects fled and were gone by the time police got there, but the victim and witnesses gave their descriptions to police.
Parker was seen minutes after the incident and police arrested him as 5:20 p.m.
Parker was identified in a physical lineup by the victim, the other lifeguard and their supervisor,

Man charged with slaying on West Side

A judge today upheld a no bond warrant already in place for a man charged with fatally shooting a Skokie man on the West Side in January
 Judge Donald Panarese ordered 20-year-old Desmond Young held on the no bond warrant.
Young has been in custody since the shooting, and was initially charged only with unlawful use of a weapon.
Young, of the 4700 block of West Jackson Boulevard, was charged with murder.
 He is accused of fatally shooting the victim, identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as 44-year-old Olufeimi Abdulai, at 12:24 p.m. Jan. 6 in the 4400 block of West Monroe Street.
Abdulai, of the 8200 block of Keeler Avenue in Skokie, died later that day at 2:32 p.m. at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
An autopsy performed Jan. 8 determined he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide,

Woman charged with husband's beating death with baseball bat

A woman who hit her husband in the head with a baseball bat twice during a drunken fight has been charged with his murder.
Alice Tatum-Price, 51, is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of her husband, James Tatum, who died June 22, more than a month after the May 12 fight in the couple’s Austin neighborhood home. Tatum-Price was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail in a hearing today before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Donald Panarese.
Tatum, 51, of the 5400 block of West Cortez Street, was declared dead just before 1 a.m. on June 22.
Tatum was drinking with his wife on May 12 when the two started arguing. Tatum-Price, who was staying in Milwaukee, had a restraining order against Tatum and told police she shouldn’t have come to Chicago.
The two started arguing after having a couple of drinks. At 10:41 p.m. on May 11, Tatum-Price called police because the couple were arguing and she “wanted to get away from her husband,” according to a court document. Tatum-Price called 911 again and tried to cancel the call, even though Tatum was angry with her and chasing her around the house.
When Tatum sat down on a couch, Tatum-Price grabbed a wooden baseball bat from a corner of the rooom and said “come here you motherfucker,”. She hit him in the head twice.
After hitting him, she put a pillow under his head and called 911. An ambulance took Tatum to Mount Sinai Hospital before police arrived and Tatum-Price told police what happened.
Tatum had bruises on his forearm from trying to defend himself from the bat, and Tatum-Price had no visible injuries except for a sprained finger.
Investigators weren’t able to interview Tatum, but Tatum-Price was charged with attempted murder, aggravated domestic battery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon the day after the fight. She was ordered held in lieu of $200,000 bail at that time.
The medical examiner’s office determined Tatum died from cerebral injuries from blunt head trauma in a homicide, consistent with being hit in the head with a baseball bat.

Man arrested for imperonating Police after stopping motorist

A man was charged with impersonating a police officer after real cops saw him stop a motorist, then played along with the man's ruse until back-up could arrive.
Judge James Brown set bail for Thomas Considine at $250,000 today during a bond hearing. Considine, of the 3900 block of West 66th Place, was charged with armed robbery and false personation of a peace officer.
“You CPD?" Considine, 20, asked the officers as he sat in a white Buick Lucerne fitted with blue and red flashing lights in the windshield around 3 a.m. Thursday in the West Lawn neighborhood,.
He was parked behind a car he had just stopped in the 5800 block of South Lawndale Ave.
"I’m with the sheriff’s department CIU – we’re good, thanks,’’ Considine said. He was wearing a black vest, a gunbelt with handcuffs, and he had an expandable baton and a police badge. He also had what appeared to be a pistol tucked in his waistband.
But when the officers ran the plate of his car, they found it registered to his home address, not to the sheriff's department.
While waiting for back-up, the officers kept up the ruse and ordered the man stopped by Considine to get out of the car and place his hands on the roof.
When other beat cars arrived, officers placed the man into handcuffs and escorted him away from Considine.
Then an officer asked Considine for his ID and removed “a black semiautomatic-looking BB gun’’ from Considine’s waistband and placed him into custody,

17-year-old shot in Austin

At 12:10 a.m. a 17-year-old male was standing on the sidewalk on the 100 block of North Laporte Avenue in the Austin neighborhood when a light-colored sedan drove by and fired shots at the teen.
The teen sustained a gunshot wound to his chest and to his arm

2 shot in Lawndale

In the first shooting a 13-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were shot as they were standing in the lot of a gas station on the 3700 block of West Roosevelt Road in the Lawndale neighborhood.
The shooting happened at 11:20 p.m. after two other people approached the victims and began firing.
The 13-year-old sustained a gunshot wound to his abdomen and right arm. The second victim was shot in the upper right thigh.

21-year-old man shot in Marquette Park

A 21-year-old man was shot in the back about 12:40 p.m. in the 6600 block of South Artesian Avenue and was being treated in serious condition at Holy Cross Hospital,

2 shot in Englewood

A 22-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were shot in the West Englewood neighborhood this afternoon.
Emergency crews were called to the intersection of 75^th Street and Ashland Avenue about 2:50 p.m.where two people had been shot.
A 15-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the ankle and was taken in good condition to University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital while a 22-year-old was shot in the side was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
The two were walking in the area when a man or boy came up and shot at them several times. The man was in serious condition at Christ Medical Center.

Girl, 7, shot dead at mom's candy stand- If this don't make the black community proud,then nothing will

Late Wednesday night 7-year-old Heaven Banks was sitting next to her mother as she sold snacks and snow cones when someone opened fire down the street around 10:45 p.m. A stray bullet hit the little girl as she ran back to her house in the 1700 block of North Luna Avenue.
The block was filled with children playing when two men came out out a gangway and one of them started shooting at a group of people standing on the sidewalk near the candy stand. A 19-year-old man, described by police as a gang member, was wounded in the ankle and taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.
Heaven was shot in the back and died half an hour later.

Man wounded in Bronzeville shooting

A young man was wounded this evening in a shooting in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side.
The victim, 21, was shot in the chest in the 4200 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue at about 7:50 p.m.
Chicago Fire Department officials reported finding the victim in the 4200 block of South Drexel Boulevard,one block east of Cottage Grove, but it was unclear whether the victim ran to Drexel after the shooting.
The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition was stable

Cower in fear good people of Ogden and Grand Crossing Police districts for the city has just hired Gangbangers to police Gangbangers

Despite skepticism that’s been voiced by police Supt. Garry McCarthy, the Chicago Police Department announced plans Tuesday for its first-ever partnership with the CeaseFire group.

CeaseFire will get $1 million through the city’s Department of Public Health to target crime in two Chicago police districts under a pilot program, to begin July 13.

The money will put 20 additional CeaseFire workers in each of those two districts

Oh, and by the way CeaseFire has a NO SNITCHING policy, you know the same policy the city and the Police Department rail against as being a reason why violence continues in these communities,

* CeaseFire has balked at some of the department’s demands, including requiring CeaseFire workers who learn of brewing violence to notify the Chicago Police Department

* “We are not going to be informants or snitches for nobody,”  the head of CeaseFire Illinois Hardiman said when asked about it Tuesday

62-year-old woman found shot dead in Burnside UPDATE: Son Charged

 Just after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday,a 62-year-old woman was found shot multiple times in a home several blocks west in the 9000 block of South Dobson Avenue in the Burnside neighborhood.
She has been identified as Aletha McGee
UPDATE:

Murder charges have been filed against the son of a 62-year-old woman found shot to death in her Burnside neighborhood home on the South Side earlier this week.
Earnest L. McGee, 34, of the 1500 block of East 74th Street, was charged with one count of first-degree murder,

Elderly man found stabbed to death in his home in Calumet Heights

A 75-year-old man was found fatally stabbed at a home in the 9000 block of South East End Avenue in the Calumet Heights neighborhood just after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said. There were no signs of forced entry in the residence.
The man was later identified as Donald Ellens

Woman shot in Back of the Yards

 At 8:35 p.m. at 926 W. 50 th Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a 33-year-old woman was shot in the buttocks. The victim was taken to John H. Stroger Hospital, where her condition was stabilized

Man shot, seriously wounded in Far South Side attack

A man was shot and seriously wounded in the Eden Green neighborhood on the Far South Side tonight.
The man, age 36, was shot in the leg, foot and abdomen in the 13300 block of South Indiana Avenue, a little before 7:30 p.m.
The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious-to-critical condition

Human foot found in rail yard south of Loop

Workers in a rail yard south of the Loop made a grisly discovery late Tuesday night: A severed foot near a stretch of tracks.
The booted foot was found just after 10 p.m. in the 1600 block of South Lumber Street and is believed to belong to a man who was recently struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Wisconsin.
Authorities believe the foot may have become lodged on the train during the collision and fell off when the train arrived in Chicago.
The rail yard is shared by Metra and Amtrak trains and is located just west of the southern branch of the Chicago River.
The foot was taken to the Cook County medical examiner's office, where a pathologist will examine it later today

11th District- Harrison joins 7 and 3 in triple digit shootings

7th District- Englewood- 136

3rd District- Grand Crossing- 123
11th District- Harrison- 107

7 holds off challege by 3

(Live broadcast of the Chicago Shooting Preakness 2012)

In the Lead- 7th District- Englewood- 136

Second Place- 3rd District- Grand Crossing- 123
Third Place- 11th District- Harrison- 107

Trailing- 5th District- Calumet- 94

Trailing- 8th District-Chicago Lawn- 84
Trailing- 6th District- Gresham- 80
Trailing- 10th District- Ogden- 72
Trailing- 9th District- Deering- 64

Chicago uses taxpayer's money to pay off Gang controled CeaseFire group

CeaseFire Illinois, a group that works against violence, is being recruited by the city of Chicago as part of a pilot program to help reduce crime in two police districts, one on the West Side and the other on the South Side.
The city will give the group a one-year grant for $1 million to hire 40 "interrupters" who will mediate conflicts in the Ogden and Grand Crossing districts, where gun violence has spiked
Again it's the DEMOCRAT- GANG connect and Chicago's news media is too corrupt or stupid to recognize it. Click on the following two links to learn more- Gangs and Politicians in Chicago: An Unholy Alliance and Gangs and Politicians: Prisoner Shuffle

Parolee accused in weekend slaying

A South Side man out on parole for attempted murder is accused with fatally shooting another man in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Anthony Smith, 26, was charged with first-degree murder in the Sunday morning slaying of Hansen Jackson.
After hearing gunshots near the intersection of Chicago and Ridgeway avenues just before 2 a.m. Sunday, police officers actually saw Smith fire multiple shots at the 29-year-old victim.
The officers arrested Smith after a blocklong foot chase and recovered a handgun.
Jackson, 29, of the 1500 block of South 61st Court in Cicero, was struck multiple times and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Smith, of the 9000 block of South Wallace Street, had been out on parole since last November from the Robinson Correctional Center following a 2007 conviction for attempted first-degree murder, according to court and state records.
After pleading guilty, Smith was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to serve 85 percent of his sentence, but he was credited with 621 days served in Cook County Jail leading up to the trial, records show

Man charged in Lakeview attack that injured man and Officer

A Bronzeville man was charged in connection with an attack in the Lakeview neighborhood that left a man battered and a police officer injured while trying to make an arrest.
Witnesses fingered Steven L. Harris as the man who attacked another 31-year-old man in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue at about 2:30 a.m. Monday.
When a Town Hall District officer attempted to question Harris, police said that Harris started struggling and fell through a glass window at a yogurt shop.
The officer suffered a severe cut to his right hand, said Officer John Mirabelli, a police spokesman. But another officer was able to handcuff the suspect and take him into custody.
Harris, of the 5000 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue, was later charged with felony criminal damage to property, felony resisting a police officer and misdemeanor battery. Both the officer and the battery victim were treated and released from area hospitals.

North Side detectives warn pizza delivery drivers of robberies

At least five pizza-delivery drivers have been robbed at gunpoint in the North Side’s Town Hall Police District in the last month.
The first of the five robberies happened early May 28, the most recent on Sunday.
Most of the robberies happened between 10:30 p.m. and 1:15 a.m., with one happening in the afternoon, three of them on the same block in Lakeview.
In most of the attacks, the robbers, two black men or boys ages 16 to 25, confronted a delivery driver just before he made a delivery and demanded money at gunpoint, according to the alert. The robbers also took the drivers’ cell phones and the pizza.
Two of the victims were injured when one of the robbers hit them with the butt of the handgun as well as his hands and feet.
The robberies took place in the:

4500 block of North Greenview Avenue just after midnight on May 28;
4700 block of North Beacon Street about 11:45 p.m. on June 10, about 2 p.m. on June 21 and—the most recent robbery—about 1:15 a.m. June 24;
2400 block of West Belle Plaine Avenue about 10:30 p.m. June 10.

Man dies from wounds suffered in April shooting on South Side

A man has died after he suffered a gunshot wound while riding in a car with several other people in the Back of the Yards neighborhood in late April.
Armando Garza, 27, of the 5300 block of South Kilpatrick Avenue, was declared dead at 10:02 a.m. Sunday at Mount Sinai Hospital, after suffering a gunshot wound to the spine.
The victim was shot late in the neck on April 30 in the 4500 block of South Throop Street.
The victim was a rear-seat passenger in a car about 10:25 p.m. April 30 when someone ran out of a gangway and opened fire on the car, which was carrying the victim and four other people

Police warn of robber armed with 2-by-4 on West Side

A police alert warns Lawndale residents about a robber who threatens and beats his victims with a 2-by-4.
The robberies occurred at about 3:30 a.m. June 21 in the 2100 block of South Keeler Avenue and about 5:15 a.m. June 24 in the 2100 block of South Kostner Avenue.
The robber was described as a black man with a dark complexion, between 5-foot-9 and 5-foot-11, weighing 150 to 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark-colored baseball hat and a dark top.
Anyone with information can call Area Central detectives at 312-747-8382.

21-year old man was shot in Grand Crossing

At 7:30 p.m a 21-year old man was shot in his neck and back on the 6900 block of South Stony Island Avenue in the city's Grand Crossing neighborhood.
He was taken to the University of Chicago Hospitals but was later transferred to Stroger Hospital in critical condition

Male victim fatally wounded in Far South Side shooting

A male victim was fatally wounded this evening in a shooting on the Far South Side in the city's Golden Gate neighborhood.
Preliminary reports said officers responded shortly after 6:30 p.m. to a call of shots fired on the 13000 block of South Eberhart Avenue.
A male victim was found with a fatal gunshot wound

Man dies after jumping from downtown highrise

A man described as in his 40s jumped to his death this morning at a highrise building in the downtown area.
Chicago Fire Department paramedics responded shortly after 10:30 a.m. to the building located on the 300 block of North Dearborn Street. Officials said the man jumped to his death.
The man, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at 12:17 p.m. at the scene

Woman, 88, injured in South Side home invasion

An 88-year-old woman was injured after a masked man broke into her South Side home, put a knife to her throat and robbed her.
The attack happened on Friday at about 8:30 p.m. in the woman's home on the 3500 block of South Rhodes Avenue.
The woman was in her home when she heard a knock at her door and when she opened it, a masked offender pushed it open, forcing himself inside.
After pushing the woman inside, the man put a knife to the woman's throat and then the woman and the man began to scuffle.
The man then hit her in the face, bruising her forehead and lip. The woman's finger was also cut in the scuffle.
The man stole a bag of coins.
The woman was treated and released from Mercy Hospital and Medical Center.
No one was in custody as detectives investigated

City to host Gay Pride and Murders Pride Parades on same day

32-year-old man shot in Gresham

 A 32-year-old man was shot just south of 75th Street on Stewart Avenue about 11:30 p.m. He walked into St. Bernard Hospital with a gunshot wound to the right foot

Man shot in Woodlawn

About 1 a.m., a man in his 20s walked into South Shore Hospital and said he had been shot in the 6700 block of South Maryland Avenue. He was struck in the leg.

29-year-old shot in Woodlawn

 At about 1:00 a.m. a 29-year-old was shot on the 6100 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue. He was shot in the arm and back and his condition had stabilized

1 person just south of Montrose Avenue on Central Park Avenue in Irving Park.

An 18-year-old man was shot after leaving a party on Central Park Avenue. He was taken in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with several gunshot wounds.
The gunman shot him once, then fired more shots after the 18-year-old fell to the ground, police said. The gun man fled south on Central Park in a car. 

2 shot in the 3700 block of North California Avenue in Irving Park

Shortly before 3 a.m. two people were shot on Kedzie Avenue near Waveland Avenue. A 16-year-old boy and 18-year-old man were wounded

Man shot dead in Humbolt Park UPDATED

A man in his 20s died after getting shot in the chest about 2 a.m. near the intersection of Chicago and Ridgway avenues. He was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital but later pronounced dead.
UPDATE:
 Hansen Jackson died after he was shot in the chest about 2 a.m. near the intersection of Chicago and Ridgway avenues

13-year-old boy shot dead in Woodlawn Updated

 A 13-year-old  died after getting shot in the 6200 block of South Rhodes Avenue. A man was shot in the same block the night before. The boy was shot about 1:20 a.m. and taken to Comer Children's Hospital.
UPDATE:
In the shootings overnight,Tyquan Tyler, 13, was at a party with his sister, 19, in the 6200 block of South Rhodes Avenue when a fight broke out about 1:20 a.m., police said. The two ran from the fight but someone pulled a gun and fire, hitting the boy

Gov. Pat Quinn helps the gangs bottom line by raising cigarrette tax by a dollar a pack

With state cigarette taxes to more than double Sunday, experts say some smokers might quit, some will shop elsewhere and some will just pay the extra fee.
Earlier this month Gov. Pat Quinn signed a package of bills into law that will slash health care coverage for the poor and hike cigarette taxes by $1-a-pack to help pay for the struggling Medicaid program.Quinn had warned that without action the health care program would collapse under a mountain of debt.The $1-a-pack increase will more than double Illinois' cigarette tax, which has stood at 98 cents for years.Quinn argues the measure will encourage people to stop smoking or to never start, while opponents say it will simply force smokers to buy cigarettes across state lines.
Quinn failed to mention that the increase in the price of a pack of cigarettes plays right right into the hands of Chicago's gangs. The gangs who control the loose cigarette sales. The gang members you'll see calling to you "loosies" at the CTA stations, bus stops and gas stations. At a dollar a cigarette we're sure the gangs pull in big money. Again it's the DEMOCRAT- GANG connect and Chicago's news media is too corrupt or stupid to recognize it.

Busts close 3 drug markets on South, West sides and land 49 in jail

Forty-nine people are facing charges after three separate investigations on the West and South sides uncovered cash, drugs and in one instance, a weapon used in an assault against a police officer. 
The multiple investigations targeted drug markets in the city’s Wentworth, Englewood and Harrison Districts.
On the West Side, investigators identified 30 wanted individuals linked to six different street gangs in the area of Keeler to Kildare avenues and Monroe to Adams streets.
While executing search warrants, police found heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana along with four firearms, including one that was linked to recent West Side shootings.
 In one instance, officers attempted to stop a man on the 200 block of South Kildare Avenue to determine his identity.
But when officers approached the man, later identified as Pierre Blakney, 21, he aimed a pistol at police and fled on foot.
Blakney of the 3700 block of West Flournoy Street, was charged with aggravated assault to a police officer, armed violence, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and manufacture and delivery of heroin within 1,000 feet of a school or church.
A total of 25 people were charged with drug-related offense in that investigation.
On the South Side, investigators foiled a drug market estimated to net more than $1.1 million annually in drug sales in the Wentworth District.
The six-month investigation targeted the Gangster Disciple street gang in the area of 47th Street from Michigan to Calumet avenues, police said. Twelve of 14 wanted members involved in drug sales in that area were arrested and face drug-related charges.
In the Englewood District, detectives targeted a drug market in the area of the 5600 to 5800 blocks of South Morgan Avenue and Wood Street. Twelve of 14 wanted suspects were arrested and charged with drug-related offenses in that sting

Vietnam veteran beaten, robbed; 2 arrested

No good piece of shit 1 and 2

Sixty-five-year-old Vietnam vet and retired factory worker Willie Haynes was just trying to pick up his cousin from a doctor's appointment but ended up needing one himself after two robbers “jumped him’’ early Friday on the Near West Side.
 The two suspects, Eric L. Thomas and Elon Love, were apprehended by police and appeared in court today, charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated battery to a senior citizen.
In court today, Judge James Brown set bails at $100,000 each for Thomas and Love.
Haynes had parked his van on the street as close as he could to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital and was walking to pick up his 66-year-old cousin, who was there for X-rays, when two men attacked him near Polk Street and Damen Avenue about 12:30 a.m
The men fled after taking about $100 from him and left Haynes there by himself, injured. He said he was knocked out for about 30 seconds, but was finally able to get up

2 shot in Woodlawn

Two more were shot about 6:16 p.m. on the 1400 block of East 67th Street, near Blackstone Avenue
Preliminary reports said two male victims were wounded, one in the arm and the other in the leg. Both victims were taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center, where their conditions were stable

Man shot in Englewood

About 8 p.m. in Englewood, a man was shot in the 6600 block of South Hoyne Avenue. The 18-year-old was driven to Holy Cross Hospital in a private vehicle with a wound to his left thigh

Man shot in Longwood Manor

At about 9:10 p.m. a man in his 20s was shot in the 9700 block of South Harvard Avenue. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the upper thigh.

25-year-old man shot in Marquette Park

A 25-year-old man was taken to Holy Cross Hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm after getting shot near 63rd Street and Francisco Avenue about 9:20 p.m

2 14-year-old boys shot in the South Shore neighborhood

Two 14-year-old boys were shot in the South Shore neighborhood about 8:45 p.m.
The teens were shot in the 2400 block of East 74th Street. One was shot in the right leg and taken to Jackson Park Hospital in good condition and the other was shot in the upper back and shoulder and taken to Comer Children's Hospital, where his condition was stable

Off-duty officer in right place at right time, nabs would-be robber

A Chicago Police officer who was off duty interrupted an armed robbery of a Near West Side gas station last night – foiling it and catching the culprit.
 Donald Davis, 23, of the 7600 block of South Morgan Street, was charged with attempting to disarm a peace officer and attempted armed robbery.
Shortly after 9 p.m. the off-duty officer was already inside the Shell at 1160 W. Van Buren St. when the officer saw Davis, who was wearing a black skull cap, a white rag covering his face and red gloves, draw a handgun and point it at a staffer.
 Davis then threw a brown plastic bag on the counter and said: “Put all the money in here,’’ .
As the worker began opening the register, the officer informed Davis that he is an off-duty Chicago Police officer and ordered him to drop the weapon.
 As the officer was trying to place him into custody, Davis tried to disarm the officer and escape but the officer was able to keep control of the weapon and detain Davis with the help of the staffer

Motorcyclist dies after CTA bus accident in Loop

A CTA bus driver was cited for failing to yield after colliding with a Roseland neighborhood motorcyclist who died seven hours after the Friday morning accident in the South Loop.
 Timothy S. Payne, 31, of the 10700 block of South Forest Avenue, was pronounced dead at 2:16 p.m. Friday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
 The victim was riding a motorcycle northbound on Michigan Avenue when a CTA bus that was southbound struck him as it was making a left hand turn in the 600 block of South Michigan Avenue.
 It happened about 7:20 a.m. Friday.
 The driver, 31-year-old Leonte Fraley, was cited for failure to yield right of way

Chicago’s done stick a fork in it with more weekend shootings (39 shot 4 shot dead), a one sided race war, a stupid corrupt Liberal Government, a stupid corrupt liberal news media, a shooting on the Magnificent Mile, a shooting near Lincoln Park Zoo, a man getting his throat slashed in Lakeview. No place is safe. We’ll stay here in our bunker and keep up updated from this liberal utopia, while you flee with your woman and children.

19-year-old man shot in Roseland

A 19-year-old man was shot in the 11300 block of South Indiana Avenue about 1 a.m. and was in serious condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center. He was walking when someone stepped out of a red vehicle and started talking to him, then pulled a handgun and shooting him.

2 shot in Cragin

Two people were shot on the 5000 block of West Armitage Avenue about 12:30 a.m. One was shot in the back and the other in the arm.

3 shot in South Shore

Two men in their 20s and a teen were shot in the 7000 block of South Chappel Avenue about 12:15 a.m. A 22-year-old was in critical condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, a 23-year-old man was in critical condition at Stroger Hospital with gunshot wounds to the back, and an 18-year-old was stable at Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to the buttocks.

21-year-old shot in Garfield Park

About midnight, a 21-year-old was shot in the 4700 block of West Harrison Street. He walked into West Suburban Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg but was taken to Stroger Hospital and was stable.

18-year-old shot in Humbolt Park

About midnight, an 18-year-old was shot in the leg in the 900 block of North St. Louis Avenue and was stable condition at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was standing outside when someone "approached and fired several shots in the victim's direction,"

17-year-old man shot in Austin

About 11 p.m. in the 1400 block of North Lockwood Avenue, a 17-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken in serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital. The shooter had dreadlocks and was between the ages of 16 and 19

Shooting injures 3 near Lincoln Park Zoo

A person was wounded in the park north of the Lincoln Park Zoo about 4 a.m. today in an incident that left two others injured from a vehicle that hit them and fled the scene.
The three victims were in a group that had been hanging out at the lakefront and were gathered near a bike path off the 2400 block of North Cannon Drive when “several” dark colored vehicles approached.
“One vehicle veered off the roadway and struck a 25-year-old man,. It then made a u-turn and hit a 21year-old woman.’’
As the vehicles were fleeing an occupant from one of the vehicles then started firing towards the group, including the injured, and a 26-year-old man was shot.
All three were seriously wounded. The man shot and the woman hit by the car were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and the other man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The vehicles fled and a source indicated the shooting was gang-related.
Fire ambulances took the two people to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and a third person to Northwestern Memorial Hospital,

21-year-old shot in Woodlawn

Another person was shot in the 6200 block of South Rhodes Avenue in the West Woodlawn neighborhood about 10:30 p.m..
The 21-year-old was shot in the right foot

Chicago's unreported one sided race war

According to a statement in the Chicago Tribune, reporting on the race of individuals involved in news events, such as mobs attacking, robbing and vandalizing, is irrelevant.
A news anchor at the ABC affiliate in Chicago goes even further: Anyone who reads or writes about the epidemic of racial violence in Chicago is an “idiot” who engages in “meaningless … race baiting,” says Ravi Baichwal.

City officials and the media might be the only two places left where people still deny Chicago is under assault from more than 50 episodes of black mobs attacking, beating, robbing and vandalizing over the last three years in and around downtown. Many of them are on display at YouTube.

Read entire story here: WND

2 people shot in Grand Crossing

Two people were shot about an hour later on the 6700 block of South Blackstone Avenue in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.
An "elderly" patient was transported in good-to-fair condition to Jackson Park Hospital and a 21-year old man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition

15-year-old boy shot and killed in Englewood UPDATED

A teen-age male was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in the 6900 block of South Union Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood about 8:40 p.m.
The 15-year-old boy was killed in a possible drive-by shooting.
UPDATE:
.Antonio Davis, of the 8000 block of South Eberhart Avenue, was found dead with several gunshot wounds in the 7000 block of South Union Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood about 8:40 p.m. Friday
The boy was walking with at least one other person when a grey van pulled up and a passenger, a man wearing a dark-colored hoodie, exited with a gun.
He opened fire, striking the boy. As he lay on the ground, the shooter kept firing. “He shot him while the victim was down several times. The shooter then got back into the van, which was driven by another man

Man beaten, robbed in Wicker Park

A 43-year-old man was punched in the face and cracked on the head during a robbery early today in the Wicker Park neighborhood.
It happened about 4:30 a.m. outside at the intersection of North and Damen avenues
He was walking when a shirtless man he did not know wearing gray sweatpants approached him and began talking to him and “sparring” with him, as if he was “kidding around,’’.
But he threw a punch that connected and it knocked the victim to the ground.
The victim was also struck in the head, and he was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County where though his condition was “guarded’’ he was expected to survive.
Police said the suspect was described as black man between the ages of 18 and 25, and standing 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-11. He weighs about 150 pounds, was not armed and fled after grabbing the victim’s backpack and something from his pockets.

2 held following West Garfield Park police shooting

Police fired one shot this morning at a man who refused to drop a handgun on the West Side.
No one was hit but that man and another were placed under arrest.
It happened at 10:24 a.m. in the 4200 block of West Jackson Boulevard when a narcotics unit conducting an investigation ran across a man they wanted to talk to.
 When police approached him, they found the 19-year-old was brandishing a black semiautomatic handgun.
When officers ordered him to drop it, he failed to, causing an officer to fire one shot toward him.
 The bullet did not hit anyone but the 19-year-old dropped his gun and he was arrested.
Police recovered the handgun and narcotics on him, said Andrews. A 20-year-old man who was with him also was placed under arrest for narcotics-related offenses.
 They have not been charged as of early afternoon

2 charged with choking elderly man, stealing money hidden in shoe

Nearly two weeks after police released surveillance video, two men have been charged with choking a man in his 80s and stealing money hidden in his shoe.
One of the suspects, David Chambers, 49, surrendered after he saw the video showing the 86-year-old man being robbed last April. The other suspect, Freddie Hopson, was arrested by a fugitive task force.
The elderly man was attacked on April 3 in the 600 block of East 69th Street. The surveillance video shows one of the robbers grabbing the man from behind and choking him and the other robber stealing money hidden in the man's shoe. As they run away, the door slams against the victim's head.
The man was treated at a hospital and released.

Third man charged in Hegewisch shooting

A third man has been charged with shooting two women outside a home because the two women denied them entry to a party.
The women, 31 and 46, were at a birthday party in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the 2700 block of East 128th Street about 11:50 p.m. on June 2 when three men tried to get in. The women said no.
The three left but came back with bats, and again were denied entry. They drove off but a short way down the block, one got out and opened fire, hitting the 31-year-old in the eye and the 46-year-old in the shoulder.
Both were taken to St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare hospital in Hammond but the younger was later transferred to Advocate Christ Medical Center.
Ventura Lechuga, 20, of the 3500 block of East 95th Street, was charged early on June 22 with two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm.
Matthew and Brandon Medrano, brothers from the same gang as Lechuga who lived together in the 3000 block of East 80th Street, were both charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm on June 5.

Woman shot in Austin

A woman was shot about 11:15 p.m. in the 5600 block of West Washington Boulevard. She was standing on her porch when she "heard shots and felt pain. She drove herself to West Suburban Hospital and was stable.

Man shot in Fuller Park

A 22-year-old man walked into Mercy Hospital Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the leg, police said. He was stable. The man was shot in the block of 600 W. 47th Street

26-year-old man shot in South Shore

A 26-year-old man was shot about 12:15 a.m. in the 2400 block of East 74th Place. He was wounded in the arm and taken to South Shore Hospital. Police said he was on a corner when someone opened fire. He tried to flee on a bicycle but fell to the ground

Man shot in Englewood

Just before 2 a.m. a 28-year-old man was wounded near Ashland Avenue and Garfield Boulevard in Englewood, police said. He fled to the 5600 block of South Paulina Street and contacted police. He was stable at Advocate Christ Medical Center

Man shot on Mag Mile

The downtown shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. just off Michigan Avenue. A 31-year-old man was standing next to his car when someone in an SUV pulled up, asked him what "he was about" and shouted a gang slogan and opened fire.
The SUV, gray or silver, almost hit a Streets and Sanitation tow truck as it sped west on Ontario and south on Rush Street. The tow truck driver radioed a description of the SUV.
The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was in critical condition.

West Side shooting leaves man, woman wounded

A man and a woman were shot in the West Garfield Park neighborhood this afternoon.
The 29-year-old man and 35-year-old woman were shot in the 100 block of South Kildare Avenue about 3:15 p.m.
Both victims were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital for treatment, with the man in a stabilized condition and the woman in good condition

Man shot across street from Kennedy-King College

A man was shot and wounded across the street from Kennedy-King College this afternoon.
The 18-year-old man was shot in both legs in the 6400 block of South Halsted Street about 2:15 p.m.. The address where the man was shot is across the street from Kennedy-King College, 6301 S. Halsted.
The man was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, where his condition had stabilized

Police issue alert after attacker slashes man's throat in Lakeview

Police have issued alert after a man walking his dog was attacked and his throat slashed in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side.
The man told police he was attacked around 11 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of West Byron.
The attacker walked past the victim, grabbed him from behind and cut him on the throat with a knife, the alert said. The man was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life threatening. The suspect fled on foot.
The attacker was described as black, about 30, 6-foot-1, dark complexion with an afro hairstyle and a white T-shirt with black stripes and black shorts

Man dies in West Side motorcycle crash

A man died this morning after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a pickup truck on the West Side.
The man was declared dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital following the crash a little after 9 a.m. in the 2000 block of West Grand Avenue.
The man's motorcycle collided with a pickup truck and he came to rest under the truck. The man was taken initially in critical condition to Stroger

Traffic stop leads to charges in South Side robbery spree

A traffic stop has led to the arrest of four men suspected of a string of armed muggings on the South Side.
Gresham District officers stopped a gray Chevy near the 7900 block of South Ellis Avenue at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after the car ran a red traffic light,. An officer saw one of the passengers, Glen Williams, toss a handgun into the back seat.
The officers ordered the four men out of the car and found a pistol, along with cash, cell phones and identification cards, police said. The car had been taken in a carjacking.
Police were able to link the men to robberies in the 1100 block of East 80th Street, 7200 S. St. Lawrence Avenue and the 8000 block of South Rhodes Avenue.
All four men were charged with armed robbery.

Mayor's suggestion to halt Chicago's Affirmative action program for Homicide offenders sparks protests

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24-year-old man shot in Pullman

A 24-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the hand while he was standing with three other men in the 12100 block of South Emerald Avenue.
The shooter emerged from a gangway and opened fire, striking the man, police said.
The victim took himself to Roseland Community Hospital

19-year-old man shot in South Shore

The shooting happened about 6:30 p.m. in the 7100 block of S. East End Avenue when someone shot at 19-year-old man in the leg in the South Shore neighborhood.
The victim was taken to Jackson Park Hospital where his condition was “stable,’’

24-year-old man shot in Roseland

At about 7:30 p.m., a 24-year-old man was standing with several other people in the 12400 block of South Emerald Avenue when a gunman emerged from a gangway and opened fire on the group.
The victim was struck in the hand and taken to Roseland Community Hospital for treatment.

Woman shot in Austin

In other shootings in the city, a 19-year-old woman was struck in the thigh in the 4900 block of West Crystal Street in the North Austin neighborhood just before 10 p.m..
The woman was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park

Boy, 15, shot multiple times in Ashburn neighborhood

A 15-year-old boy was wounded multiple times Wednesday night in a shooting on the city's Southwest Side.
A gunman opened fire on the teen in the 3300 block of West 83rd Street in the Ashburn neighborhood just before 9 p.m. Wednesday, police said. The boy, wounded as many as four times, ran a half block to the 8100 block of South Spaulding Avenue before he collapsed.
The boy was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, though police said his condition had stabilized by late Wednesday.
The teen told police that he heard gunshots and suddenly felt pain in his back and buttocks.
While the boy denied having any gang ties, police believe he belongs to a faction of the Gangster Disciples street gang that is at odds with a separate faction. Officers in the area were monitoring gang activity, trying to quell any retaliation.

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Boy, 14, nabs mugger- Evil don't stand a chance against rightous

OFFENDER

Fourteen-year-old Ramon says he was just trying to help a man in his 70s mugged in a park in Chinatown over the weekend.
He didn't plan on running one of the robbers down, or wrestling him to the ground and trading punches and holding him until police arrived. Or becoming a hero in front of his dad on Father's Day.
Read full story here: Chicago Tribune

Boy shot in North Kenwood

A 14-year-old boy was taken to a hospital after being shot in the North Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side this afternoon.
The boy told police he “heard shots and felt pain’’ while in the 900 block of East 44^th Street at 3:25 p.m.
The boy was wounded in his back and right arm and was taken to University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital.
Police found two shell casings at the scene and said a car that was “shot up’’ around the same time just west of the 44^th Street address was related to the shooting

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Chicago Homicide Derby 2012 (Live broadcast)

 

In the lead- 10th District Ogden- 22

Second Place- 8th District-Chicago Lawn- 21
Third Place- 3rd District- Grand Crossing-20
Trailing- 7th District- Englewood- 20

Trailing- 5th District- Calumet- 17
Trailing- 6th District- Gresham- 16
Trailing- 9th District- Deering- 16
Trailing- 11th District- Harrison- 12
Trailing- 4th District- South Chicago- 11
Trailing- 2nd District- Wentworth- 11
Trailing- 15th District- Austin- 9

Man previously accused of murder charged in fatal Bridgeport stabbing

A Bridgeport man accused of murder 15 years ago has been charged with fatally stabbing a man during an argument in his home earlier this week.
Joseph "Joey" Lacyniak, 34, was charged with first-degree murder in the Monday morning death of John Hughes Jr..
Lacyniak stabbed Hughes several times inside Lacyniak's home in the 200 block of West 31st Street at about 1:45 a.m. The two were quarreling over a woman.
Hughes, of the 700 block of Elizabeth Street in West Chicago, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Lacyniak was previously charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm in 1997.
The following year, the then-20-year-old received concurrent 50- and 25-year prison sentences following a jury trial before Judge Michael Toomin, court records show. But an appeals court ordered a new trial for Lacyniak in 2004.
In 2006, Lacyniak pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but was later allowed to withdraw his guilty plea

Teen charged in slaying of 16-year-old girl

A teen-aged boy was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday in the weekend slaying of a 16-year-old girl in the South Side's West Englewood neighborhood.
Antuan Gainor, 16, of Chicago, is accused of shooting Shakaki Asphy three times in the chest and killing her, said Andy Conklin, a spokesman for Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez.
Gainor is also charged with attempted murder after shooting a 21-year-old man, who uses a wheelchair and was with Asphy during the crime.
The shooting happened about 7 p.m. Saturday near West 70th Place and South Damen Avenue. Chicago police said the 21-year-old survivor, an alleged gang member, may have been the intended target.

Toddler left home alone falls from second-floor window

Police say a toddler home alone fell from a second-story window of his Chicago Lawn house on the Southwest Side, suffering a cut to his head.
The child's mother, Vernisha Carter, 22, was charged with endangering the life of a child and reckless conduct.
A neighbor discovered the 2-year-old boy on the ground outside his home in the 6100 block of South Artesian Avenue about 9:10 p.m. Tuesday. The boy's mother had left the boy alone and he tumbled out of an open window.
The boy suffered an abrasian to the head and was taken to the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital

Police warn of smash-and-grab burglaries and robberieson North Side

Chicago police have issued alerts for thieves who have smashed through doors and windows of businesses along the Gold Coast and Lincoln Park area.

Most of the burglaries have occurred early in the morning. In one string of thefts, two to three burglars broke windows and helped themselves to designer handbags from display racks at four Gold Coast stores between April 28 and June 18.
In other burglaries, thieves entered stores and emptied cash registers.
Authorities also warned of an armed robber who held up people in the 2000 block of North Burling Street and in the 500 block of West Eugenie Street. In both instances, the robber pulled a handgun and announced a robbery.
Police only had vague descriptions for the business thefts, but described the street robber as an black man, between 18 and 25, 5-foot-9 to 6-foot-2, with a medium to dark complexion
Anyone with information on these incidents are asked to contact Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8380.

The man, age 21 shot in Cottage Grove Heights

A man was shot and critically injured in the Cottage Grove Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side this afternoon.
The man, age 21, was shot in the chest in the 9600 block of South Woodlawn Avenue about 4:48 p.m. The man was walking in the area when he was shot.
Paramedics transported the man to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition from the 9600 block of South University Avenue

Pedestrian struck and killed by semi on Dan Ryan

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a semi truck on the 83rd Street ramp of the Dan Ryan Expressway this morning.
He was identified as Gabriel O. Ohikhuare, 40, of the 5400 block of North Kenmore Avenue.
Preliminary reports said Ohikhaure, who was driving a white Ford Crown Victoria traveling northbound on I-94 stopped along the right shoulder neat 83rd Street. He exited the vehicle for unknown reasons.
A 1999 Volvo truck tractor semi-trailer traveling in the right lane struck Ohikhuare who was pronounced dead at the scene.

2 men fatally shot in North Austin neighborhood

A gunman shot down two men on a sidewalk in the West Side's North Austin neighborhood.
Killed were Shavez Wilson, 22, and Roy Smith, 25.
Police said the two men were talking in the front yard of Wilson's home in the 1200 block of North Mason Avenue just before 1:15 a.m., when the gunman emerged and shot them in the head.
Both Wilson and Smith, of the 5900 block of West Huron Street, were dead at the scene

4 shot in Englewood neighborhood

Four men were wounded, three of them seriously in a shooting in the city's Englewood neighborhood late Tuesday.
The four men between the ages of 19 and 25 were standing in the 7000 block of South Bishop Street just before 11:45 p.m. when a gunman approached and opened fire on the group.
Two of the men, ages 25 and 22 were wounded in the abdomen and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition.
A 21-year-old man was struck in both legs and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition. A 19-year-old man was struck in the toe and taken to Holy Cross Hospital with non life threatening injuries.
Witnesses told police that a heavyset gunman in a yellow shirt fled through an alley after the shooting.

Officer shoots man who pointed gun at police in Woodlawn

Chicago police shot and wounded a man who pointed a gun at officers during a chase through the Woodlawn neighborhood.
Another man was injured when he was struck by a police car responding to the scene. Neither man suffered life-threatening injuries.
The confrontation began near 62nd Street and Rhodes Avenue around 7:40 p.m. Monday as officers were checking a call of shots fired.
The officers stopped a car with four people and two of them got out and started running away. As the officers shouted at the man to drop his weapon, he tried to scale a fence but then turned and ran at the officers and raised his gun.
One of the officers fired his gun and the man was hit in the leg.
The second person who fled from the car was hit by a police car as he crossed St. Lawrence Avenue

Woman critically wounded in South Side shooting

A woman was critically wounded this evening in a shooting on the South Side in the city's Englewood neighborhood.
The shooting happened shortly before 6 p.m. on the 6600 block of South State Street.
Preliminary reports said a 27-year-old woman was shot multiple times in her abdomen and legs.
She was taken in critical condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital

Man assaulted teen girl in Englewood

Chicago police are asking for the public’s help finding a man who beat and sexually assaulted a teenage girl early Sunday in the Englewood neighborhood.

The 17-year-old girl was walking in the 500 block of West Englewood Avenue about 2:10 a.m. when a man grabbed her from behind and pulled her into a vacant lot near a railroad viaduct.
The attacker beat and sexually assaulted the girl, then fled the scene. The girl ran home for help.
Police described the attacker as a black man, between ages 25 and 30, standing about 5-foot-5 and with a muscular build. He had a low box haircut and was wearing a brown-and-white checkered shirt and dark-blue pants
Anyone with information about the attacker is asked to call Area South detectives at 312-747-8271.