22 year old shot in Cragin neighborhood

A 22-year-old man was found shot in the back late Friday night in the city's Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Officers and paramedics responded about 11:39 p.m. to the 2600 block of North Linder Avenue near the intersection of Wrightwood and Linder avenues and found the man. The victim was transported in serious condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
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Police shoot, wound knife-wielding man on NW Side

Chicago police shot and wounded a man who reportedly brandished kitchen knives at officers in the Cragin neighborhood, officials said this morning.

The shooting happened at about 9:45 p.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of North Lotus Avenue, police said. There were conflicting reports that said the shooting happened in the 3000 block of North Lotus.

Officers were called to assist fire department paramedics who were confronted by a knife-wielding man on the street, police said in a statement.
The technicians were trying to treat the visibly-bleeding man, who initially refused to show them his hands, said Pat Camden, a spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police, which represents the department's rank-and-file. The officers repeatedly demanded that the man show them his hands, which he kept concealed behind his back, Camden said.
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 When the man finally revealed his hands, he was holding a steak knife and a carving knife, according to Camden. After the man refused several commands from officers to drop the knives, one of the officers shot the man when he advanced on them, according to police and Camden.

The wounded man remained combative and was tasered by officers, who then took him into custody.

Police said they recovered a weapon at the scene, but a police spokesman couldn't say whether one or two knives were found.

The man was taken to a Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was being treated for a non-serious wound, Camden said. No other injuries were reported.

Afterwards, police discovered that the man stabbed a female prior to the officers' arrival. She was also hospitalized with non life threatening injuries, police said.

Officials with the Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates police-involved shootings, had been dispatched to the scene and at the hospitals, said Andrea Stoutenborough, IPRA's coordinator of investigations.

She confirmed that they were investigating the shooting of a knife-wielding man, but couldn't provide any other details.

20 YR SHOT

Early this morning about 3 a.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 3000 block of North Luna Avenue, police said.
The attacker was on a bicycle when he approached the man, flashed gang signs and then shot the man, police said.
The man was taken in good condition to Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 25th DISTRICT Beat 2514
(Jan. 1, 2011-May 19, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 22
Robbery- 9
Gun Arrests-5

34 yr. shot

At 10:34 p.m. in the Cragin neighborhood, a 21-year-old man was shot in his right arm in the 5400 block of West Wrightwood Avenue, Gaines said. He was listed in good condition at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center.
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 25th DISTRICT Beat 2514
(Jan. 1, 2011-April 30, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 19
Robbery- 9
Gun Arrests-5

3 wounded in shootings across city

At least three people were wounded Monday evening in shootings on the city's South, West and Northwest Sides, officials said.

The first shooting happened shortly after 5 p.m. on the 200 block of South Kostner Avenue in the city's West Garfield Park neighborhood.

Preliminary reports said a 19-year-old man was driving when he was shot nine times. He was taken in serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.

Less than an hour later, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the city's Belmont Cragin neighborhood.

That shooting happened on the 2800 block of North Central Avenue, police said. The youth was walking in a parking lot when someone leaned over a fence and fired in his direction, striking him in the leg, police said.
The teen drove himself to Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center where he was listed in good condition.

About an hour later, a 20-year-old man was shot multiple times in the city's Grand Crossing neighborhood.

That shooting happened on the 1500 block of East 68th Street. Preliminary reports said the man was shot several times in the torso by an unknown suspect who fled the scene. The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was listed in fair condition.
SHOOTING at 200 S. Kostner OCCURED IN THE 11th DISTRICT Beat 1113
(Jan. 1, 2011-April 17, 2011)
Shooting- 1
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 74
Robbery- 23
Gun Arrests-3

SHOOTING at 2800 N. Central OCCURED IN THE 25th DISTRICT Beat 2514
(Jan. 1, 2011-April 17, 2011)
Shooting- 1
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 16
Robbery- 7
Gun Arrests-5

SHOOTING at 1500 E. 68TH  ST OCCURED IN THE 3RD DISTRICT Beat 332
(Jan. 1, 2011-April 17, 2011)
Shooting- 0
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 51
Robbery- 24
Gun Arrests-4