18-year-old man shot in Brighton Park neighborhood

At about 3:30 a.m. today, an 18-year-old man was shot in the right leg after a "verbal altercation" on the 3000 block of West 39th Place in the city’s Brighton Park neighborhood.
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26-year-old man shot dead in Brighton Park nieghborhood

A 26-year-old man who ran about a block from the alley in the Brighton Park neighborhood where he was shot this morning and collapsed on a corner has died.
The man was in an alley in the 2600 block of West Montgomery Avenue about 8 a.m. when he was shot in the face and chest.
Witnesses said they saw a car speeding from the area after the shooting.
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MORE OVER NIGHT VIOLENCE

At 4:16 a.m. in the Brighton Park neighborhood, two men were wounded during a fight in the 4600 block of South Fairfield Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli. During the course of the fight, the men were struck by bricks, Mirabelli said. A 31-year-old man was critically wounded and a 27-year-old man was listed in serious condition. Both went to Mount Sinai Hospital.
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Man shot in face on SW Side

A 25-year-old man was shot in the face late Friday in Brighton Park neighborhood, police said.
About 9 p.m., a man was sitting in a parked car in the 2700 block of West 46th Street when several males approached and fired shots at him, hitting him in the face, according to a release from Chicago police News Affairs.
The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was listed in good condition, the release said.

No one was in custody and Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.

 SHOOTING 5100 S. Rockwell  OCCURED IN THE 9th DISTRICT Beat 912 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 5, 2011)
Shooting- 7
Homicide- 2
Drug Arrests- 44
Robbery- 21
Gun Arrests-5

Teen seriously wounded in Brighton Park shooting

A 16-year-old boy was seriously wounded Tuesday evening in a shooting in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the city's Southwest Side.

The shooting happened about 6:21 p.m. on the 4000 block of South Rockwell Street, police said.
The youth heard shots and soon after felt pain in his upper body.  He was taken with a gunshot wound to the chest to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was listed as in serious condition.

SHOOTING 5100 S. Rockwell  OCCURED IN THE 9th DISTRICT Beat 912 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 2, 2011)
Shooting- 6
Homicide- 2
Drug Arrests- 43
Robbery- 20
Gun Arrests-5