Teenage boy shot in South Chicago

A 16-year-old boy was shot Thursday night in the South Chicago neighborhood.

 The teen was walking southbound in the 7900 block of South Marquette Avenue At 11:04 p.m., when he heard shots and realized he’d been shot in the leg.

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Woman wounded in South Shore shooting

Police are investigating a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood this afternoon that left a woman in her 30s critically injured.

The incident happened at about 4:50 p.m. near 79th Street and Essex Avenue, said Chicago Police Officer Dan O’Brien. The woman was shot in the head and taken to South Shore Hospital, he saidThe woman was transported in critical condition, said a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department.
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Man charged in rash of South Side armed robberies

A man caught this week robbing a victim at knifepoint has been charged with various crimes, including a series of robberies of tow truck drivers, police said tonight.

The pattern of attacks against tow truck drivers caused police to put out an investigative alert, and "a mission was put in place" involving Calumet Area Robbery/Burglary/Theft Detectives, South Chicago District Tactical Officers and the Chicago Police Organized Crime Division, police said in a news release late Friday.
On Wednesday, police watching the 8000 block of South Kingston Avenue saw a man in the act of robbing a victim at knifepoint in an alley, and after a short foot chase arrested Bobby Simms, 22, of the 7900 block of South Essex Avenue.

After he was identified by the victim, police said, Simms led officers to where he dropped the proceeds of the crime.

Further investigation revealed three outstanding warrants, and detectives were able to link Simms to the tow truck driver robberies as well, police said. He was identified by several of those victims too.

Simms is facing multiple felony counts of armed robbery and various other charges, including unlawful use of a weapon, domestic battery, telephone harassment and contempt of court.

He is scheduled in bond court Saturday.
Robbery  OCCURED IN THE 4th DISTRICT Beat 422 (Jan. 1, 2011-April 23, 2011)
Shooting- 13
Homicide- 1
Drug Arrests- 83
Robbery- 31
Gun Arrests-9

2 critically hurt in South Shore shooting

Police and emergency medical crews were on the scene in the South Shore neighborhood where two people were shot this afternoon, authorities said.
The incident happened at about 4:30 p.m. near 79th Street and Escanaba Avenue. Two adults were shot, police said, citing preliminary information.
One person from the scene was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and another was taken to Stroger Hospital, said Rich Rosado, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman. Both were in serious-to-critical condition.
Today's shooting happened near the same spot on April 12 where five people were shot during a barbecue to honor a man who had been killed in a shooting exactly a year before.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 4th DISTRICT Beat 422 (Jan. 1, 2011-April 23, 2011)
Shooting- 9
Homicide- 1
Drug Arrests- 62
Robbery- 21
Gun Arrests-5

Man with electronic monitor found shot to death

A man wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet was found shot to death in the backyard of a South Chicago neighborhood home this morning, police said.
The man, believed to be in his 30s, was found by police officers who went to the home in the 7900 block of South Manistee Avenue about 8:15 a.m. after calls to 911 reporting gunshots, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez.
The man had been shot multiple times and was dead when police arrived, Perez said.
He was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet, police said.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 4th DISTRICT Beat 422 (Jan. 1, 2011-April 23, 2011)
Shooting- 6
Homicide- 1
Drug Arrests- 53
Robbery- 18
Gun Arrests-3