3 wounded in West Side shooting

Three men were shot this morning in a shooting on the city's West Side, police said.
The shooting happened at about 12:40 a.m. in the 3500 block of West Walnut Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, authorities said.
A gunman opened fire on three men in their 30s, police said. One man was hit in the back, another in the arm and the third in the leg, said Officer Ronald Gaines, a police spokesman.
Two of the victims were taken to Sacred Heart Hospital, while the third victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, Gaines said. The victims' conditions ranged from good to "stable."
BEAT 1123

Man with head trauma dead in West Side gangway

A 21-year-old man was found dead with head trauma lying in a gangway this morning in the city's East Garfield Park neighborhood.
Phil Trent of the 300 block of South Washtenaw Avenue was discovered unresponsive in a gangway on the 3300 block of West Warren Avenue, according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Trent, who suffered apparent head trauma, was pronounced dead at 1:50 a.m. at the Stein Institute, the spokeswoman said.
Preliminary reports frompolice stated Trent has several lacerations to his head. So far,  his death has been classified as a death investigation pending an autopsy scheduled for later today.
MURDER OCCURED IN THE 11TH DISTRICT Beat 1123 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 13, 2011)
Shooting- 0
Homicide- 1
Drug Arrests- 42
Robbery- 17
Gun Arrests- 3