Man shot in Austin neighborhood

In the city's Austin neighborhood, a 28 year-old man was was shot in the face in the 500 block of North Lavergne Street before 3 a.m.
Two men approached the car he was in and began firing, hitting him in the face. He tried to drive to the hospital but hit another car on the way there.
A passenger in the car he hit then began firing at him, Mirabelli said. The second shooter did not strike the victim.
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54-year-old West Side man shot dead in alley by neighbor

A suspect who turned himself into police later in the evening is in custody and charges are pending.
The victim was identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office this morning as Curtis Connor, of the 500 block of North Leamington Avenue.
Connor was in the alley behind his residence about 4 p.m. when he saw a neighbor backing his car into a garage and walked up to him, asking about the health of a relative who had been ill.
A witness working in the alley told police he heard the man in the car tell Connor, "Don't walk up on me like that," and, for some unexplained reason, took out a handgun and, still from his car, shot Connor in the chest.
The neighbor, who lives on the next block over from Connor, then drove off, but at 7:30 p.m. turned himself in.
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Man dies in Austin drive-by shooting

A man in his 40s was pronounced dead this evening after being shot in the Austin neighborhood.
The man was on the 500 block of North Leamington Avenue at 6:05 p.m. when he was shot in a drive-by shooting.
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Man shot, wounded in Austin neighborhood

A 43-year-old man was shot and wounded Tuesday evening in the city's Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said.

The man was standing in an alley in the 600 block of North Leamington Avenue at about 6:40 p.m., when two men approached him on foot, police said.

One of the men, pulled and handgun and fired at the victim, striking him several times.

The wounded man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition, police said.

Police made no arrests and offered no motive in the shooting.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 15th DISTRICT Beat 1532 (Jan. 1, 2011-June 7, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 245
Robbery- 37
Gun Arrests-8