At least 3 wounded in South Side shootings

At least three people were wounded this afternoon and evening in separate shootings on the city's South Side, officials saidThe latest shooting happened about 8:35 p.m. on the 6400 block of South Racine Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood, police said.
 Preliminary reports said an 18-year-old man was shot in the arm. There was no information available about his condition or where he was taken for treatment.
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Earlier this afternoon, a 28-year-old man was shot in the hand on the 6200 block of South Paulina Street, police said.
 Preliminary reports said the man was walking on the street about 1:15 p.m. when someone approached and shot him. The man was taken in good condition to Holy Cross Hospital, police said.
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Shortly after 5 p.m., a 21-year old man was shot in his buttocks on the 2400 block of West 35th Street, police said.

That man was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.
 
As of 9:30 p.m., no one was in custody for any of the shootings. Wentworth Area detectives were investigating.
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Boy, 16, slain in Brighton Park drive-by shooting

A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed late Wednesday in a drive-by shooting in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the city's Southwest Side, police said.
Juan Bautista, of 3522 S. Francisco Ave., was standing in an alley on the 3700 block of South Albany Avenue at about 9:50 p.m., when a dark-colored SUV drove by, police said, citing early reports.

Someone inside the vehicle opened fire, striking the boy in the back, police said. He was dead at the scene.
Police believe the shooting was gang related.
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4 dead, at least 9 wounded in shootings overnight

Four people were killed and at least 9 wounded in overnight shootings on Chicago's South and West Sides.
The violence began about 9:24 p.m. in the Lawndale neighborhood when a 19-year-old was fatally shot in the 1400 block of South Trumbull Avenue.
A minute later at 9:25 p.m. in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, a 23-year-old man was shot and killed in the 300 block of South Kilpatrick Avenue.
At 9:45 p.m. in the McKinley Park neighborhood, a 17-year-old girl was shot in the side in Hoyne Park in the 3400 block of South Hamilton Avenue. A male on a bicycle rode up, got off his bike and fired shots through a fence into a crowd, hitting the girl, police said. Her condition had been stabilized at Mount Sinai Hospital, but  an exact condition was unavailable.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 9th DISTRICT Beat 913 (Jan. 1, 2011-June 3, 2011)
Shooting- 0
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 45
Robbery- 11
Gun Arrests-5
At 10:45 p.m. in the Woodlawn neighborhood, a 17-year-old boy was walking in the 6600 block of South Drexel Avenue when he was shot in his right knee, according to a police release. He was taken in good condition to University of Chicago Hospitals.
A minute later in the Bronzeville neighborhood, a man and woman were shot at a gas station near the intersection of South Michigan Avenue and East 47th Street, according to a police report. The man, 45, suffered a gunshot wound in his foot and was taken to University of Chicago Hospitals in good condition. The woman, 41, was shot in her arm and was taken in good condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines.
At 11:57 p.m. in the Gresham neighborhood, two 16-year-old boys were walking in the 1300 block of West 79th Street when an attacker approached and fired at them, striking them both in their legs, according to a police news release. Their conditions had stabilized at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 6th DISTRICT Beat 612 (Jan. 1, 2011- June 3, 2011)
Shooting- 5
Homicide- 1
Drug Arrests- 106
Robbery- 36
Gun Arrests-13
At 12:48 a.m. in the West Woodlawn neighborhood, a 17-year-old boy was sitting on a front porch in the 6600 block of South Langley Avenue when two people approached and fired at him. The teen suffered gunshot wounds in his arm, leg and hand and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where condition had stabilized.
Shooting OCCURED IN THE 3RD DISTRICT Beat 321 (Jan. 1, 2011-June 3, 2011)
Shooting- 9
Homicide- 2
Drug Arrests- 128
Robbery- 39
Gun Arrests-11
At 1:43 a.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a 20-year-old man was shot in his head in the 5200 block of South Wood Street. The man was at a street party near the intersection of South Wood Street and West 52nd Street when an attacker fired a gun into a crowd of people, police said. The victim was listed in critical condition at Stroger.
At 1:45 a.m. in the Lawndale neighborhood, a man and woman were found shot to death inside a car in the 2700 block of West Polk Street.

SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 11th DISTRICT Beat 1135 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 23, 2011)
Shooting- 3

Homicide- 1

Drug Arrests- 162

Robbery- 15

Gun Arrests-7

At 2:15 a.m. in the Englewood neighborhood, a 24-year-old man suffered a graze wound to his leg in the 5500 block of South Lowe Avenue. He refused medical treatment, according to the police news release.
No one was in custody in any of the shootings and area detectives were investigating.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 7th DISTRICT Beat 711 (Jan. 1, 2011-June 3, 2011)
Shooting- 3
Homicide- 2
Drug Arrests- 64
Robbery- 36
Gun Arrests-4