Gunman with T-shirt over face kills teen on Southwest Side porch

A 17-year-old boy was shot to death on a front porch in the Marquette Park neighborhood late this morning.
The teen was sitting on a front porch in the 7200 block of South Artesian Avenue about 11:25 a.m. when a male attacker with a T-shirt wrapped around his face came up to the home on foot and fired several shots, hitting the boy.
The victim was dead on the scene, and the attacker fled north on foot.
BEAT 0832

Parolee shot dead in West Englewood neighborhood

A 32-year-old parolee identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as 32-year-old Herschel Phillips was killed in a hail of gunfire on a front porch in the West Englewood neighborhood.
The drive-by shooting happened at about 4:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue.
Witnesses told police the victim was sitting on a porch when a gunman in an blue older model Buick pulled up and fired as many as 20 shots before fleeing the scene.
The victim, who was struck twice in the chest was rushed to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.
BEAT 832

16 year old shot dead on Oakley Ave

A 16-year-old boy was shot dead this morning about 12:35 a.m. on the 6900 block of South Oakley Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the city's South Side. When police arrived at the scene, they found an unresponsive male with multiple gunshot wounds to his body.
BEAT 832

Man arrested after officers see him shooting at vehicle in Marquette Park neighborhood

Police have arrested a man after tactical officers saw him shooting at a vehicle in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side and found him after searching a nearby block.
About 11:05 a.m., tactical officers saw the man shooting at a vehicle in the 6600 block of South Campell Avenue.
At least one of the officers shot at the man, but no one was hit.
Police then searched for the man for about 20 minutes before taking him into custody about 11:27 a.m. a block away in the 6500 block of South Campbell Avenue.
BEAT 832

More shot, more shot dead 18 year old shot

About 8:35 p.m. Friday in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, an 18-year-old male was standing in a crowd of people in the 6500 block of South Campbell Avenue when a bicyclist rode up and shot him, according to a press release from police. The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition had stabilized
BEAT 832

9-year-old boy shot on Southwest Side

A 9-year-old boy was shot and wounded tonight in the city's Marquette Park neighborhood, police said.

Details remained sketchy, but the child was struck in the back at about 7:15 p.m. in the 7100 block of South Campbell Avenue, police said, citing early reports.
The boy was taken to Holy Cross Hospital where his condition reportedly was stabilized, said police spokesman Officer Phil Armstrong. He later was transferred to Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

Armstrong would only identify the boy as a minor, but a Chicago Lawn District officer said the child is 9. No other details were available.

Fire department officials said their ambulances didn't take the boy to the hospital.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 8TH DISTRICT Beat 832
(Jan. 1, 2011-May 11, 2011)
Shooting- 5
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 153
Robbery- 35
Gun Arrests- 12

Man suffers graze wound to head on SW Side

A man suffered a graze wound to his head this morning after being shot on the Southwest Side, police said.
About 2:50 a.m., the 26-year-old man suffered the injury as he was getting into a car in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood, according to a release from police News Affairs.
The man fled the shooting and drove himself to a hospital, police said. He was listed in good condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, the release said.
No one was in custody and Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 8TH DISTRICT Beat 832
(Jan. 1, 2011-April 15, 2011)
Shooting- 4
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 132
Robbery- 32
Gun Arrests- 9