16-year-old killed in West Woodlawn

The fatal shooting happened about 11:20 p.m. in a basement unit of a two-story tan brick building in the 6200 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue on the South Side.
During a gathering inside the apartment, a 16-year-old boy and his girlfriend began arguing. Another male intervened, and he and the 16-year-old began fighting
The male who intervened left the apartment but returned soon after and shot the 16-year-old in the chest.
The boy was talking but in critical condition when first responders arrived on the scene. He was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 12:05 a.m

Man walks into South Side hospital after being shot on North Side

A 23-year-old man walked into Mercy Hospital and Medical Center after being wounded in an early morning shooting in the city's Noble Square neighborhood.According to preliminary reports, the man was sitting in a car about 3 a.m. on the 1300 block of West Division Street when a gunman approached and fired shots, striking the victim in the arm and hip.
The man walked into the hospital, where he is listed as in good condition. The hospital is about 6 miles southeast of where police said the man was shot.

Teen questioned, released in Southwest Side slaying

A 19-year-old man police were questioning after a West Englewood slaying on Wednesday has been released without charges.
The man had been held in connection with the killing of Joseph Brittman,  also 19. Brittman was shot in the back and died in a homicide.
Brittman, of 6400 block of South Bell Avenue, was shot near 64th Street and Campbell Avenue in the Marquette Park neighborhood, and pronounced dead at 5:24 p.m. on Wednesday
The victim was outside about 3:05 p.m. Wednesday when he had "verbal altercation" with another 19-year-old and was shot in the back.
The other man was arrested later Wednesday and questioned in connection with the homicidesaid. He has since been released

Man killed his girlfriend's marijuana dealer

A West Side man got so angry when his girlfriend visited another man to buy marijuna that the first man arranged a marijuana buy himself and then shot to death the second man.
Mario Ortega, 19, was ordered held without bail in a hearing today before Criminal Court Judge Adam Bourgeois, Jr. on a first-degree murder charge in the Sept. 20, 2012 slaying of Efrain Cruz, 25, in the gangway of his Humboldt Park home in the 3200 block of West LeMoyne Street.
At the time of his murder arrest Wednesday, Ortega, of the 4600 block of West Ohio Street, already was in jail after being arrested about 3:30 p.m. Dec. 12 on a heroin charge in the 1100 block of North Springfield Avenue. He pleaded guilty in November to a drunken-driving charge, and is on probation in that case.
The chain of events that led to Cruz’s killing started when Ortega’s girlfriend bought marijuana from Cruz at Cruz’s home. When Ortega heard his girlfriend had been to see Cruz, he became angry, confronted his girlfriend in front of other people, threatening to “take care” of Cruz, and then got into a red car and left.
Ortega went to Cruz’s home, where he found Cruz’s girlfriend but not Cruz. Ortega, who was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, told Cruz’s girlfriend he wanted to buy marijuana from Cruz, then left in a red car.
When Ortega returned home, Cruz went to Ortega’s home again, and Cruz, in front of his girlfriend, gave Ortega his phone number, after which Ortega left again in the red car.
Ortega called Cruz about 11:35 p.m., and Cruz left the house, apparently to sell Ortega marijuana. Cruz’s girlfriend was with him when he got the call, and she heard gunshots soon after Cruz left the house. She ran outside and found Cruz lying in a gangway, and saw a man or boy wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt running down the alley.
Another witness saw a man or boy who matched the description the girlfiend gave run and get into a red car. The witness was able to identify the person who ran and drove off as Ortega.
Soon after the shooting, Ortega met up with someone and told them he had shot someone.
Investigators were able to determine that Ortega called Cruz three minutes before the shooting, and records also show Ortega’s phone was in the area of Cruz’s home at the time of the shooting.
At the time of the killing, Ortega was on a two-year juvenile parole in a case of aggravated discharge of a firearm

Comcast worker shot during apparent robbery

A  Comcast worker was shot and seriously wounded early this afternoon after parking his truck in an alley in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side.
Two men approached the worker around 12:55 p.m. in the 7600 block of South Kingston Avenue, took his cell phone and wallet and shot him in the stomach.
The robbers fled in a white car.
The worker, 45, was taken in critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The worker's truck was parked in the alley between Kingston and Essex Avenue when the robbery occurred.

16-year-old boy shot dead in Bronzville

A 16-year-old boy has died following a shooting on the South Side this morning.
The victim was shot about 5:50 a.m. in the 500 block of East 38^th Place.
He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he died of his injuries

Man charged in '09 double homicide in Albany Park

Authorities have charged a 23-year-old man in connection with the 2009 slayings of a man and woman in the Northwest Side's Albany Park neighborhood.
Samuel Parsons-Salas, of the 3800 block of North Nordica Avenue, was arrested Friday and charged Saturday with two counts of first-degree murder.
The charges are in connection with the shooting deaths of Alex Santiago, 24, and his girlfriend Angelina Escobar, 19, in the 3500 block of West Sunnyside Avenue about 1 a.m. on Sept. 21, 2009.
Parsons-Salas is the second person charged in the case. In January of 2011, Christopher Doehring was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed robery and two counts of home invasion. Authorities believe the pair entered the victims' apartment and made off with several possessions after the shootings.

Man, 20, injured in Southwest Side shooting

A 20-year-old man was shot in the Southwest Side's Gage Park neighborhood Saturday night.About 10:50 p.m., the man was shot in the arm in the 3100 block of West 52nd Street.
The man told police he heard gunfire while walking and felt pain in his arm. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

28-year-old man shot in Austin

About 4:30 p.m., a 28-year-old man was shot on the 5400 block of West Madison St.
He suffered wounds to the arm and a leg and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where his condition was stabilized

23-year-old man shot in Garfield Park

A 23-year-old man drove himself or was driven to West Suburban Medical Center late this morning. Police were notified about 12:30 p.m. that the man had walked into West Suburban, and he told them he was shot in the 3900 block of West Ohio Street about 11:20 a.m.The man, who was in serious condition, suffered two gunshot wounds to the chest, and wounds to each arm, and was being transferred to Stroger

22-year-old man shot in Wrightwood

A 22-year-old man was wounded this morning in an apparent drive-by shooting on the city's Wrightwood neighborhood on the South Side
The shooting happened about 10:50 a.m. on the 8000 block of South Artesian Avenue.
The victim suffered a wound to his hand and was treated at the scene because he refused to be taken to a hospital

52-year-old man shot during robbery in South Deering

At about 8:20 p.m. Friday, a 52-year-old man was shot during an apparent robbery in the 2600 block of East 106th Street in the South Deering neighborhood on the Far South SideUrsitti. The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with a gunshot wound to the back. He was listed in serious condition

2 men shot in Bronzeville

A man in his 50s was one of two people critically injured in a shooting in the 200 block of East 35th Street in The Gap neighborhood on the South Side.Police said the two men were walking down the sidewalk near the entrance of a submarine sandwich restaurant when they became involved in an argument with a third person. The third person took out a gun and opened fire, striking the 55-year-old in the chest and his 25-year-old companion several times.
The two men were listed in critical condition at Mercy Hospital and were expected to be transferred to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

29-year-old man shot in Belmont Gardens

About 3:40 a.m. Saturday, a 29-year-old man drove himself to Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the right hip. The man told police he was in a vehicle, stopped in the 3200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, when someone pulled alongside him in another vehicle, shouted gang slogans and shot him

39-year-old manshot in Lawndale

In the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side about 10:40 a.m. Friday, a 39-year-old man told police he was shot in the leg in the 500 block of South Sacramento Boulevard. The man did not call 911 when the shooting took place and instead went to Rush university Medical Center, where he was treated for his wound.

37-year-old man shot in Austin

New Year's Day, a 37-year-old man was shot in the 1700 block of North Long Avenue about 8:50 p.m. He was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital for a leg wound.

30-year-old man shot dead in roseland

In the Roseland neighborhood about 1:15 p.m., a 30-year-old man was shot multiple times in the 300 block of West 114th Street. Officers responded to a call of a person shot and found the man with gunshot wounds to the back, face, hand and buttocks.
He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition and later pronounced dead

Man shot by Police in Park Manor

Just past midnight, a probationary police officer shot a man who raised a gun toward him after he and other officers saw him firing shots near Marquette Road and Rhodes Avenue in the Park Manor neighborhood.
Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Patrick Camden said the man was celebrating New Year's Eve by firing shots even though he was on home monitoring for a conviction for unlawful use of a weapon.
“You gotta wonder, home monitoring for UUW. And he’s out with a gun and police saw him and he’s not gonna drop the gun," Camden said. "Typical New Year’s Eve (stuff)."
Police said the probationary officer, riding with a supervisor, saw the man firing the gun. They chased him and the man pointed a gun toward the officers. Officers opened fire and the man was hit at least once in the thigh. He was taken in good condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

Police shot 3 in Fernwood

Three of the people were shot shortly before 2 a.m. in the Fernwood neighborhood after officers heard gunfire in the 100 block of West 105th Street
Officers approached the front and back of a home after hearing shots and saw a person on the back porch holding a gun told the person to drop the weapon and he instead raised it toward police.
Police opened fire, hitting the person and two others, authorities said. Police recovered a gun from the scene.
No officers were injured.

Man dead, another wounded in Englewood

Someone walked up to a man standing outside a food mart and shot him in the head in Englewood about 8:20 p.m. Tuesday night.
Police said the shooter ran south and shot a 23-year-old man in the hip in the same block before fleeing south and firing at police who were stopped and talking to people on the street. 
 The 23-year-old was taken to St. Bernard Hospital and Healthcare Center and his condition had been stabilized.
The shootings happened on the 7100 block of South Vincennes Avenue at about 8:20 p.m.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.