Cops: Assailant stabbed during attack might need medical attention

A man who tried to pull a girl into a Far South Side alley early Wednesday was stabbed in the chest, and he might seek medical attention, police said today in a community alert.
The incident happened about 7:20 a.m. on the 11700 block of South Princeton Avenue, according to the alert released late this afternoon.

Preliminary reports said a man, described as in his 20s, approached a 15-year-old girl and attempted to drag her into an alley. The girl struggled with the man and stabbed him in the upper left side of his chest, police said.

The man fled northbound on Princeton and might be seeking medical attention for his injury.

Police described the suspect as a black male who is about 5 feet and 9 inches tall. He was wearing a black ski mask, a black hooded sweatshirt and black pants at the time of the attack.
BEAT 522

Man seriously wounded in West Pullman

A man was seriously injured this morning in a shooting on the city's West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said.
Police said they discovered the victim, a 31-year-old man, lying wounded on the sidewalk at about 12:50 a.m. in the 11800 block of South Princeton Avenue.
The man had gunshot wounds to the face and body, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a police spokesman.
He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition, Alfaro said.
Police didn't have a description of the gunman and hadn't yet made any arrests.
BEAT 522

2 teen girls wounded in separate shootings

Two teenage girls were hospitalized this evening after being wounded in separate shootings on the South Side, officials said.
The first shooting occurred at about 5:07 p.m. on the 600 block of East 42nd Street in the Bronzeville neighborhood, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.

The girl, who was listed by authorities as either 14 or 15 years of age, was shot in the neck and taken to Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition, said Chicago Fire Department Chief Joe Roccasalva.

The girl was standing on the street when a black Chevy Camaro drove by and someone from inside the vehicle fired shots, striking the girl, said Zala.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 2nd DISTRICT Beat 213 (Jan. 1, 2011-June 7, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 63
Robbery- 10
Gun Arrests-0

In the second shooting, a 14-year-old girl was shot at about 5:30 p.m. near the area of 116th and State Streets in the Pullman neighborhood, Zala said.

The girl was shot in the buttocks while she was standing on the sidewalk.

The girl's condition was not available
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 5th DISTRICT Beat 522 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 13, 2011)
Shooting- 18
Homicide- 2
Drug Arrests- 135
Robbery- 21
Gun Arrests-22

22 YR SHOT

Shooting happened at 10:27 on the 11700 block of South Yale Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood on the South Side, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak.
In that shooting, a 22-year-man was shot in the chest and was taken in serious-to-critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to police and Chicago Fire Department officials.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 5th DISTRICT Beat 522 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 13, 2011)
Shooting- 13
Homicide- 1
Drug Arrests- 123
Robbery- 13
Gun Arrests-19

1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting on Far South Side

A 16-year-old boy is dead and another teen wounded from a shooting in the West Pullman neighborhood late Friday, police said.
Markell Stribling, of the 11600 block of South Yale Avenue, was shot multiple times in the 11700 block of South La Salle Street, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
He was pronounced dead at 11:35 p.m., a medical examiner's spokesman said.
At 10:46 p.m., police responded to a shooting and found a 16-year-old shot in the chest and "unresponsive on the scene," according to police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines. A 19-year-old man was shot in the leg and listed in "stable" at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, he said.
The teens were involved in a fight with another person when their attacker produced a gun and fired shots, striking them, Gaines said.
Calumet Area detectives are investigating.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 5th DISTRICT Beat 522 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 13, 2011)
Shooting- 11
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 113
Robbery- 11
Gun Arrests-18

23 YR MAN SHOT

a 23-year-old man was shot in the left ankle and thigh while waiting for a bus on the 100 block of West 119th Street, according to police. The man heard gunshots and tried to run for cover, then realized that he had been shot, police said.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 5th DISTRICT Beat 522 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 9, 2011)
Shooting- 11
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 109
Robbery- 10
Gun Arrests-18

Teen boy shot on Far South Side

A teenage boy was seriously wounded in a shooting in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side this morning, authorities said.
The 17-year-old was shot in the 11800 block of South Eggleston Avenue just after 8 a.m., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Darryl Baety, who said no other details were available.
A Fire Department ambulance took one shooting victim who was seriously wounded to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, a Fire Department spokesman said.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 5th DISTRICT Beat 522 (Jan. 1, 2011-April 27, 2011)
Shooting- 9
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 102
Robbery- 9
Gun Arrests-15