Man shot to death in South side drive-by

A 20-year-old man died after being wounded in a drive-by shooting down the block from his home in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side this morning.

Darius Jones, 20, of the 8100 block of South Winchester Avenue, was declared dead at 12:15 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

The man identified as Jones was in the 8100 block of South Winchester Avenue when he was shot in a drive-by shooting about 11:05 a.m.

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Man shot in Gresham

A male victim was found shot in the leg late Thursday night in the city's Gresham neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
The shooting happened shortly before midnight on the 8500 block of South Bishop Street, said Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer.
The victim was reportedly in good condition.
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Man found fatally shot on South Side

A man was found shot to death in the Gresham neighborhood Saturday morning, police said.
At 8:31 a.m., police found a 29-year-old man outside with multiple gunshot wounds in the 8600 block of South Laflin Street, according to a release from police News Affairs.
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Teen fatally shot while trying to rob off-duty cop (Now that's justice one less clown on the street)

An off-duty Chicago police officer dressed up as a clown for a South Side fundraiser shot and killed a teen who held him at gunpoint tonight after the event, authorities said, citing preliminary information.

The officer, who is assigned to the Near North police district, was in his clown outfit for a fundraiser for a day-care business, attended by about 50 children near West 87th Street and South Damen Avenue.

At 10:10 p.m. after the event ended, the officer went to his car and a teen approached him, asking him for money, authorities said. When the officer said he had no money, the teen pulled a gun on him, authorities said.

During a struggle with the teen, the officer grabbed hold of the gun, opened fire and killed him.
The officer sustained minor injuries, according to a release from police News Affairs.
A weapon was recovered from the scene.
One person was taken into custody.

The Independent Police Review Authority is investigating.
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3 MEN SHOT 1 SHOT DEAD OR MAYBE THEY HAD HEAT STROKE POLICE SAY

One man was shot in his back and fell and hit his head, police said. Another man suffered gunshot wounds to his legs. They were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
A little before 1 a.m. in the Gresham neighborhood, three men were shot--one fatally--in the 8400 block of South Seeley Avenue, police. An attacker approached the men and fired shots with an assault rifle, wounding them all.
Lionel Rattler, 35, was pronounced dead at 1:58 a.m. at Christ, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
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Boy in custody in South Side school shooting

A boy was being questioned by police tonight in connection with the shooting this afternoon of another youth who was walking out of a South Side elementary school, police sources said.
The shooting took place at about 2:45 p.m. at Cook Elementary School, 8150 S. Bishop Ave. The victim, a 12-year-old boy, was shot in the back and rushed to a hospital in serious condition, police said.
A source said the boy suspected in the shooting formerly attended the school. Witnesses told police he approached a crowd in front of the building and fired a gun four times.
Chicago Police Cmdr. Eddie Johnson said at the scene this afternoon that though there were other students in the area, they believe that the victim was targeted.
After he was shot, the victim was able to get back into the school to seek help. The victim is a 7th-grade student at Cook, according to Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman Monique Bond.
No charges have been filed against the boy in custody, authorities said. They said police were looking into whether that boy had previously made threats against the victim on Facebook.
Neighbors said they feel the shooting should prompt more monitoring of students and better safety measures.
"We need to get some parents out here. It takes a village to raise a kid," said Mojia Mitchell, who lives across the street from the main entrance and has three children at the school. "It's scary. Bullets don't have no names."
"We need more officers out here patrolling our schools and our kids," said Paul Johnson, also of the 8100 block of South Bishop Street. "We have to let the world know about gun violence in our neighborhood."
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