Man found gunned down in South Side gangway

A 26-year-old man's bullet-riddled body was discovered in a South Side gangway this morning.
He was identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Alejandro Betancourt, of the 2800 block of West Fillmore Street.
Officers responding to a "shots fired" call found Betancourt lying in the 7200 block of South Wabash Avenue in the Park Manor neighborhood at about 7:56 p.m. Tuesday.
He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including one wound to his left shoulder and two in his left thigh, police said.
Neighbors told police they heard four or five gunshots, but didn't see the gunman flee the scene
BEAT 323

Body of beaten man found on South Side

The body of a man who may have been beaten was found on the South Side this morning.
The unidentified man is in his 30s and was found at about 8:46 a.m. on the front porch of a possibly vacant building on the 7100 block of South Champlain.
The man appeared to be a beating victim.
BEAT 323

MAN SHOT ON 71ST STREET

A man was shot and critically wounded in a shooting in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side this evening.
The man, 27, was in the 600 block of East 71st Street about 6:10 p.m. when he was shot in the head.
The man was taken to the Hospital in critical condition.
BEAT 323

Man wounded in Park Manor shooting UPDATE- DOA

A man was seriously wounded tonight in a shooting on the South Side in the city's Park Manor neighborhood.
About 8:15 p.m., officers responded to a call of a man shot on the 400 block of East 74th Street, said Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala. A man, described as in his 30s, was found with a gunshot wound to his chest, citing preliminary reports.
UPDATE
Floyd Peterson, 32, of the 7300 block of South Eberhart Avenue, was pronounced dead 12:31 a.m. this morning at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the medical examiner.

BEAT 323

2 teens shot in Park Manor neighborhood

Two teenagers were shot and wounded Wednesday night in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

The victims, an 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl, were standing on the sidewalk on the 500 block of East 74th Street at about 10 p.m. when the gunman approached, police said.
He opened fire, striking the man in the back and the girl in the leg. It wasn’t immediately clear whether any words were exchanged before the shots were fired.

The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, while the girl was taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center in good condition.

Police haven’t made any arrests in the shooting. Calumet Area detectives were investigating.

BEAT 323

Stolen car found with 1-year-old safe in back seat

A 1-year-old boy was found safe in the back seat of a car two hours after it was hijacked at gunpoint in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side, police say.

"They kicked us out of the car and drove off with the car," said the boy's mother, Angela Moffett, 21, as she nervously waited for word from police about her son, Jeremiah.

Around 6:30 a.m., officers told her Jeremiah had been found safe and took her to where the car had been abandoned, about two blocks from where it was stolen. Moffett hugged her son and cried as officers escorted her to a hospital to have the baby checked out.

Moffett said she had just finished work at the Old Country Buffet and stopped near a park near 71st and Calumet with Jeremiah in the back seat, sleeping.

"Basically, we were in the car and some dudes walked up and just basically robbed us, basically pulled a gun out on us, told us to get out of the car and give us all our money," Moffett said.

The 2001 black Hyundyai was found next to a garage in an alley in the 500 block of East 70th Street. Police believe the carjackers realized there was a baby inside and ditched the car.
CARJACKING OCCURED IN THE 3RD DISTRICT Beat 323

2 women stabbed at Mother's Day cookout

Two women were stabbed Sunday night at a Mother's Day cookout in the city's Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side.
Preliminary reports said the stabbings happened about 9:15 p.m. after children got into an argument at the cookout on the 7300 block of South Langley Avenue, said Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines. A woman pulled out a knife and stabbed a female victim in the back and  then stabbed another in her arm and hand, Gaines said.
The victims were taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center where they were listed in "stable" condition, Gaines said.
The woman who police said was responsible was in custody this morning. So far, no charges have been filed.
Stabbing  OCCURED IN THE 3RD DISTRICT Beat 323 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 1, 2011)
Shooting- 3
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 54
Robbery- 17
Gun Arrests-4