Two men wounded in latest Uptown shooting

Two men were wounded Tuesday afternoon in the third reported shooting since Sunday in an area of the North Side Uptown neighborhood.

About 12:45 p.m., two men, ages 20 and 21, were standing on the sidewalk on the 4400 block of North Sheridan Road with a group of other males when someone approached and fired multiple shots.

The 20-year-old was struck in the knee and the 21-year-old was struck in the lower left leg,

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1 killed, 1 wounded in drive-by shooting in Uptown

Killed was Brian Gill, 23, of the 4400 block of North Racine Ave. The shooting happened just after 8:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of West Sunnyside Avenue, where a gunman inisde a passing vehicle opened fire on a group of people. Gill and a 21-year-old man were the only ones hit.
Gill was shot in the head and later pronounced dead. The second victim suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and one of his ribs and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in serious condition.
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2 shot in attempted robbery while sitting in a car

A man and woman were shot in their car by a man who attempted to rob them early this morning on the North Side, police said.
A man in his 30s was shot in the abdomen and was taken in serious condition to Illinois Masonic Hospital, said Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro. His companion, a woman in her 20s, was shot in a shoulder and abdomen and also was in serious condition.
The couple was sitting in a vehicle shortly after 4 a.m. when the gunman approached on foot in the 4100 block of North Kenmore Avenue in the Buena Park neighborhood and tried to rob them, police said.
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