At least 5 shot in overnight violence on South Side

At least five people were shot and wounded in separate incidents on the South Side overnight, police said.
At 11:10 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a 27-year-old man was shot in the forearm in the 5200 block of South Justine Street, according to a news release from Chicago Police News Affairs. He was taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center where he was listed in good condition.
BEAT 932

At 11:50 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was critically wounded when he was shot in the head in the Englewood neighborhood. The teen was standing with a group of people in the 7000 block of South Eggleston Avenue when shots were fired and he was hit, according to a News Affairs release. The teen was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. No one else was injured, police said.
BEAT 732

At 2:32 a.m. in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood, a 26-year-old man was shot multiple times as he was standing outside in the 400 block of East 65th Street, according to a News Affairs news release. He suffered gunshot wounds to his leg, hand and back. He was taken the Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was listed in good condition.
BEAT 312

At 3:12 a.m. in the West Englewood neighborhood, two men were shot in the 7200 block of South Honore Street, according to a News Affairs release. An 18-year-old was shot in the back and a 28-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to his arm. Both went to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The 18-year-old's condition had stabilized; the 28-year-old was in good condition
No one was in custody for any incident and area detectives were investigating
BEAT 735

Man, 18, fatally shot on South Side street

An 18-year-old man was fatally shot on a street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said this morning.

Authorities said the victim was talking with a friend around 8:30 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Wood Street, when a gunman approached from behind and shot the man in the back of the head at close range.

The victim, Estavion Green, of the 5400 block of South Wood Street, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Police describe the gunman as an African-American male, about 17 years old, about 5-foot-7 inches tall with short dreadlocks. He was last scene wearing a White T-shirt with khaki pants and fled the scene in a maroon-colored vehicle believed to be a Chevrolet Lumina.
No arrests had been made in the shooting and police offered no motive.
The shooting was only a block away from where a man was fatally shot after a block party over the weekend.
SHOOTING ARREST  OCCURED IN THE 9th DISTRICT Beat 932 (Jan. 1, 2011-June 3, 2011)
Shooting- 3
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 92
Robbery- 11
Gun Arrests-5

Man shot in head at party in Back of the Yards

A man was critically wounded when he was shot in the head early this morning, police said.
About 1:45 a.m., a 20-year-old man was shot near the intersection of South Wood Street and West 52nd Street, police said.
The man was at a street party when an attacker fired a gun into a crowd of people, police said.
The man was struck in the head and taken in critical condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, police said.
No one was in custody and Wentworth Area detectives were investigating.
SHOOTING ARREST  OCCURED IN THE 9th DISTRICT Beat 932 (Jan. 1, 2011-June 3, 2011)
Shooting- 3
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 92
Robbery- 11
Gun Arrests-5

26 yr old shot OR MAYBE HE HAD HEAT STROKE POLICE SAY

At 2:07 a.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, police found a 26-year-old man shot on the sidewalk in the 5100 block of South Wood Street, the release said. He was listed in stable condition at Stroger.
DRUG ARREST  OCCURED IN THE 9th DISTRICT Beat 932 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 27, 2011)
Shooting- 3
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 86
Robbery- 11
Gun Arrests-5