Man hurt in North Lawndale stabbing

A man was stabbed early Thursday in the Southwest Side North Lawndale neighborhood.

He was in the 1400 block of South Pulaski Road about 1:50 a.m. when he was stabbed in the leg.

The man -- an adult whose age wasn’t immediately known -- was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.

No one is in custody and the motive for the attack was unknown as of early Thursday.

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Man, 18, fatally shot in Lawndale neighborhood

An 18-year-old man was shot dead late Monday in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood.
The victim, identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Sadarius Sims, was standing on the street with a group of people just before 10 p.m. in the 1300 block of South Kildare Avenue when the gunman walked up and opened fire.
Sims,, of the 5900 block of South Indiana Avenue, was shot in the shoulder and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Two 20 year olds shot up

At about 7:42 p.m., two men in their 20s were critically injured after a shooting on the 1500 block of South Karlov Avenue.
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19 YEAR OLD SHOT DEAD

At 11:53 p.m. in n the 1400 block of South Millard Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood, police responded to a report of a 19-year-old man shot in the chest, according to a news release from Chicago police News Affairs.
The man was walking on the street when an attacker approached and fired shots at him before fleeing on foot, the release said.
The man, later identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Deonre Douglas of the 2200 block of South Central Park Avenue, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 12:40 a.m.
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Man found shot to death in van on West Side

A Lombard man was found slain with an apparent gunshot wound to the head this afternoon in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
David Cardine, 21, of the 0-99 block of North Chase Avenue was pronounced dead on the scene, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Preliminary reports said Cardine was discovered dead about 2:30 p.m. inside a van stopped on the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard, according to Police News Affairs Officer Dan O'Brien, and detectives have begun a homicide investigation.

Cardine suffered an apparent gunshot wound to his head, according to the medical examiner's office, although an autopsy had not yet been performed.

As of 7:30 p.m., no one was in custody for the slaying. Harrison Area detectives were investigating.
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1 killed, 10 more injured in overnight shootings

A man was killed and at least 10 people were wounded in separate shootings around the city, beginning with a violent half hour on the South Side.
The one fatality occurred at 10:40 p.m. Saturday in the Englewood neighborhood, one of five shootings that occurred within 30 minutes Saturday night on the South Side. A man identified as Kent Richardson, 55, was fatally shot in the 6200 block of South Laflin Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office and police. He lived in the 1500 block of West 77th Street. He was pronounced dead at 12:43 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
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The string of South Side shootings began at 10:39 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood when two males were shot near the intersection of West 47th and South Ada streets, according to police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines. They were taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. Their ages and conditions were not immediately known.

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At 10:50 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a male suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen near the intersection of West 44th Street and South Marshfield Avenue. He was listed in stable conditon at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
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Finally at 11:01 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a 24-year-old man was shot in the adbomen in the 4400 block of South Honore Street. He was listed in serious conditon at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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Another South Side shooting occurred hours later, at 1:40 a.m. in the South Shore neighborhood. A 45-year-old man was driving when he suffered a gunshot wound to his shoulder near the intersection of East 76th Street and South Coles Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines.
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Meanwhile, on the West Side, at least five people were shot in a single incident in the 1300 block of South Springfield Avenue, according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Quention Curtis.
One man was shot in the arm, another suffered a graze wound to his leg, and a woman was shot in the leg, Gaines said. He did not immediately know the gender or conditions of the other two people shot. All of the people were adults, he said.

Curtis said that all of the victims were transported in good or good-to-fair condition to Mount Sinai Hospital and John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
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Male victim found shot dead on West Side

A male victim was found shot to death this morning in front of an abandoned building in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
Preliminary reports said the man was found about 5:15 a.m. on the 3900 block of 14th Street, said Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak.
The man was shot multiple times, she said.There was no immediate information available about how police were alerted to the scene. The victim's age and the circumstances behind the shooting also were not available.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 10th DISTRICT Beat 1011 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 13, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 184
Robbery- 27
Gun Arrests-15

2 sought after woman punched, run over on W. Side

Police are seeking two men who attacked a woman they know in the Lawndale neighborhood today, punching her and then driving over her with a minivan.
The woman, 22, was hospitalized in serious condition following the fight about 6:35 a.m. in the 1300 block of South Lawndale Avenue, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Anne Dwyer.
The woman got into a dispute with at least one of the two men, believed to be 32, and he punched her in the face, according to a police report.
The other man, 33, then drove over the woman with a green 1997 Plymouth minivan, then backed up and drove over her again, police said.
Both men then fled in the minivan, according to the report. At least one of the attackers was believed to have been drinking before the dispute, police said.
The woman was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was being treated in serious condition, Dwyer said.