4 shot at Garfield Park party

Four people were injured by gunfire this morning during an outdoor party in the Garfield Park neighborhood.
The incident happened at about 4:45 a.m. in the 300 block of South Springfield Avenue.
The four people -- three males and a woman -- were standing among people at a large party on the block. They heard gunfire and then realized they had been struck.
The most seriously hurt was an 18-year-old man who was struck in the back by a bullet and is now at Mount Sinai Hospital. A 30-year-old man was struck in one shoulder and went to Bethany Hospital before being transferred the Mount Sinai in fair condition.
A 30-year-old woman was hit in the left thigh and taken in fair condition to Mount Sinai and a 16-year-old boy was taken in good condition to the same hospital with a graze wound to the left hand.
BEAT 1122

2 males shot wounded in East Garfield Park area

The shooting happened about 7:19 p.m. near the intersection of Ohio Street and Harding Avenue.

Both victims were listed in serious-to-critical condition.
UPDATE: One of the victims Antonio McCann, of the 1400 block of North Sedgwick Avenue, was pronounced dead at 8:53 a.m. at Stroger Hospital.
BEAT 1122

1 killed, 5 wounded in city-wide violence overnight

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting early this morning, one of several instances of overnight violence that also left five people wounded.
About 1:30 a.m., two men were standing on the sidewalk in the 3600 block of West Chicago Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side when a light-colored vehicle drove by and fired shots at the men, according to a release from the Chicago Police Department's News Affairs.
A 28-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to his chest and later died. He was identified as Stanley Washington of the 7500 block of South Peoria Street, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. He was pronounced dead at 1:45 a.m. at Norwegian-American Hospital.
A 23-year-old man was shot in his abdomen and was taken to Mount Sinai in serious condition.
BEAT 1122

In other shootings, at 1:52 a.m. in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood, a 52-year-old woman was shot in the neck by a male attacker in the 1100 block of North Keystone Avenue. She was taken in serious condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
BEAT 1111

At 2:20 a.m. in the Little Village neighborhood, a 25-year-old man was wounded in a drive-by in the 2200 block of South Troy Street. A light-colored van drove by and fired shots, striking him in both legs. He was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.
BEAT 1033

At 2:44 a.m. in the Washington Park neighborhood, a 16-year-old boy was shot in the ankle as he was standing on the street in the 5900 block of South Prairie Avenue. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and listed in good condition.
BEAT 233

At 3:10 a.m. in the Lake View neighborhood, a 24-year-old man was stabbed in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue, police said. He was walking on the street when two people approached him from behind and began to fight with him. He suffered a stab wound to the back and was taken in good condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
No one was in custody and area detectives were investigating.
BEAT 2332

Man fatally shot in East Garfield Park neighborhood

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed this afternoon in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, according to authorities.

The shooting happened about noon in the 3600 block of West Ohio Street.
The victim, Aaron Brown, 26, of the 3000 block of West Washington Boulevard, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at Mt. Sinai Hospital, said a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Police released few details but said no one was in custody late Friday afternoon.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 11TH DISTRICT Beat 1122
(Jan. 1, 2011-May 31, 2011)
Shooting- 7
Homicide- 1
Drug Arrests- 134
Robbery- 23
Gun Arrests- 3

Cops: Officer shot man who refused to drop gun

A man was shot after he pointed a gun at a Chicago police officer following a traffic stop near Garfield Park on the West Side late this afternoon, police said.

One person was taken in serious-to-critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital from the 3700 block of West Washington Boulevard after Fire Department ambulances were dispatched to deal with a person shot, said fire spokesman Richard Rosado.
The man was stopped by police about 5:50 p.m. and someone in the car had a gun in his hand when officers stopped the car, police said.

When police told the man to drop the weapon, he did not, and an officer shot him in the leg, police said.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 11TH DISTRICT Beat 1122
(Jan. 1, 2011-May 31, 2011)
Shooting- 7
Homicide- 1
Drug Arrests- 134
Robbery- 23
Gun Arrests- 3