Man seriously wounded in West Pullman shooting

A man was seriously wounded late Saturday when he was shot in the back in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.

 About 11:50 p.m. a 25-year-old man was shot in the back near the intersection of South Lowe Avenue and West 124th Street.

 The man was taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center.

BEAT 523

Hammond teen killed in robbery on Far South Side

A Hammond teen shot this morning in an armed robbery in the Far South Side's West Pullman neighborhood has died from his injuries.
The incident took place just after 8 a.m. in the 12700 block of South Wallace Street, police said. Initial reports that the incident was a carjacking were inaccurate.
Instead, police believe that the 17-year-old victim went to the scene intending to sell auto parts to people there.
When he arrived, he was robbed and shot by two armed assailants. During the incident the victim got into the suspects' car and drove off.
The victim was later treated at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at about 11:45 a.m..
He was identified as Jose Serrano of Hammond, Ind.
The two assailants fled the scene before police arrived.
BEAT 523

25-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound

About 5 a.m. today, a 25-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg in the 12300 block of South Wentworth Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.
BEAT 523

2 men shot on Basketball court

Two men were playing basketball on the 12100 block of South Parnell Avenue around 4:20 p.m. when they heard gunshots and realized that they had been hit, police said. One victim, 22, was shot in the left leg and was listed in "stable" condition at MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island. The other victim, 23, was hit in the upper right leg and was in "stable" condition at Stroger Hospital.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 5th DISTRICT Beat 523 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 9, 2011)
Shooting- 4
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 61
Robbery- 29
Gun Arrests-6