23-year-old man shot in Oakland

At about 12:25 a.m. a 23-year-old man was hurt in a drive-by shooting in the 3600 block of South Rhodes Avenue. Someone in a passing dark sedan opened fire, striking the man in the lower right leg. The man was taken to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.

Woman killed in South Side fire

A woman died and three other people were displaced following a house fire in the Oakland neighborhood this morning.
Vershonda Marshall, 41, of the 8700 block of South Burley Avenue, was pronounced dead on the scene at 8:58 a.m.
Marshall was taken by paramedics in "extremely critical" condition from the fire in the 4100 block of South Berkeley Avenue to the University of Chicago Hospitals. The fire began about 8:15 a.m. and was declared under control about 8:40 a.m.
The fire caused heavy damage on the home's first floor, with heavy smoke damage on the second floor. Firefighters found the woman, who was possibly in her 40s, on the home's second floor, suffering critical smoke injuries,

Bronzeville, Oakland residents warned of robberies

Police are warning residents in the South Side neighborhoods of Bronzeville and Oakland to watch out after a string of robberies in the vicinity of East 35th Street.
In several incidents between South Michigan Avenue and South Cottage Grove Avenue, two to four teenagers have forcefully robbed people of personal property.
Police said the suspects aremale blacks in their late teens or early 20s. At least one has worn a black jacket with an "unknown white insignia" on the left chest and a baseball cap with "Chicago" written on it

Boy, 17, fatally wounded on South Side

A 17-year-old boy was fatally wounded this evening in a shooting on the South Side in the city’s Oakland neighborhood.
The shooting happened about 7 p.m. on the 4000 block of South Lake Park Avenue.
The boy suffered a wound to his head and was taken in serious-to-critical condition to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead

Girl, 12, and man shot on South Side

A 12-year-old girl and a 28-year-old man were hospitalized after being shot in a drive-by shooting in the Oakland neighborhood.
The shooting happened at 7:51 p.m. on the 3900 block of South Lake Park Avenue.
The two people sustained gunshot wounds to their legs.
The man was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County and the girl was taken to Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago Hospital campus.
Both were in serious-to-critical condition

Man shot multiple times near South Side park

A man described as in his 20s was shot several times late this morning near Ellis Park on the city’s South Side.
 The shooting happened about 11:30 a.m. on the 700 block of East 37th Street in the city’s Oakland neighborhood.
 The man suffered several wounds to the lower part of his body. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where his condition has stabilized.

20-year-old man shot in the Oakland neighborhood.

At about 12:40 a.m. a 20-year-old man was shot on the 4100 block of South Ellis Avenue in the Oakland neighborhood. He was shot in the upper left torso and is in critical condition at John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County