Boy, 14, shot in both legs on Southwest Side (Tale of a racially changing community bringing the ghetto to you one shooting at a time)

A 14-year-old boy was hospitalized after being shot this afternoon in the Scottsdale neighborhood, police said.
Police were notified about the shooting at about 5:30 p.m. after the boy showed up at Advocate Christ Medical Center for treatment, police said.
The teen told police he was standing on the street on the 8300 block of South Scottsdale Avenue when he heard shots and then realized he had been struck, police said. The teen was uncooperative and told police he did not know who shot him, police said.
He sustained two gunshot wounds to his left leg and one gunshot wound to his right leg, police said.
The teen's current condition was not available. Police are investigating the shooting.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 8TH DISTRICT Beat 834
(Jan. 1, 2011- June 6, 2011)
Shooting- 5
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 56
Robbery- 34
Gun Arrests- 9

2 illegal aliens arrested after seizure of 800 pounds of marijuana

Two men face felony drug charges after police arrested them in connection with the possession of 800 pounds of marijuana and seized more than $60,000 cash, police said.
Arnulfo Saldana, 49, and Hugo Sanchez, 38, of Washington State, were arrested after police were tipped off about drug activity near 58th Street and Pulaski Road in the West Elsdon neighborhood east of Midway Airport. Sanchez was arrested about 12:15 p.m. Thursday driving a vehicle with "a large quantity" of marijuana and $57,000 in cash inside, according to a police news release.
Police obtained a warrant and searched Saldana's home in the 4000 block of West 81st Street in the Scottsdale neighborhood and found about 800 pounds of marijuana, according to the release.
Police estimated the marijuana to be worth more than $2.5 million, which would mean about $3,125 a pound for the marijuana.
Saldana faces felony marijuana possession and distribution charges and Sanchez faces a felony charge of marijuana possession. Saldana was held in lieu of $350,000 bail and Sanchez was held in lieu of $100,000 bail after a hearing before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Laura Marie Sullivan on Friday, according to court records.
They are scheduled to appear again in court on June 27.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 8TH DISTRICT Beat 834
(Jan. 1, 2011- May 2, 2011)
Shooting- 4
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 43
Robbery- 28
Gun Arrests- 8

3 teens wounded in 2 South Side shootings

Three teens were wounded within minutes of each other in two shootings on the city's South and Southwest Sides, officials said
a 17-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man were both wounded in a drive-by in the city's Scottsdale neighborhood.
That shooting happened on the 8100 block of South Kenneth Avenue, police said. The victims were both outside when someone pulled up in a silver vehicle and fired shots, striking them both in their legs.
The youths were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where they were reported in good condition, police said.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 8TH DISTRICT Beat 834
(Jan. 1, 2011- May 2, 2011)
Shooting- 3
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 30
Robbery- 22
Gun Arrests- 7