18-year-old man shot in Brighton Park neighborhood

At about 3:30 a.m. today, an 18-year-old man was shot in the right leg after a "verbal altercation" on the 3000 block of West 39th Place in the city’s Brighton Park neighborhood.
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20 year old shot in the Bridgeport neighborhood

s laterThat shooting occurred on the 600 block of West 25th Place in the Bridgeport neighborhood where a 20-year-old man was shot during an argument. . Preliminary reports said the man was walking with a group of friends when he started arguing with someone and was shot.
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3 injured, one fatally, in Back of the Yards shooting

A 20-year-old man was killed and two others were injured in an early morning shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
The shooting occurred at about 3:45 a.m. on the 4500 block of South Marshfield Avenue.
Killed was Enrique Rodriguez who lived on the same block as the shooting. He was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County  at 9:32 a.m. after sustaining a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
Another man sustained a gunshot wound to his leg and the third man suffered a graze wound, Ursitti said.
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Woman shot in the back in the Back of the Yards neighborhood

A woman was shot in the back about 12:11 a.m. today in the 800 block of West 51st Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. She was taken in serious condition to Stroger hospital. The victim's age was not available.
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16 year old shot dead in Back of the Yards neighborhood

Homicide happened about 3:15 a.m. in the 4800 block of South Laflin Avenue in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. The victim, a 16-year-old male, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County.
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2 shot in drive by

About 3:45 a.m. this morning in the Canaryville neighborhood on the South Side, two men were victims of a drive-by shooting. The two men, 18 and 20, were in the 4500 block of South Normal Avenue when a dark-colored vehicle passed them heading southbound; the vehicle then turned around, someone shouted out one of the victim's nicknames, the victims started running, and shots were fired.
The 20-year-old sustained a gunshot wound to the right shoulder and was taken to Stroger; the 18-year-old was shot in the back and left thigh. Both of their conditions have stabilized.
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26-year-old man shot dead in Brighton Park nieghborhood

A 26-year-old man who ran about a block from the alley in the Brighton Park neighborhood where he was shot this morning and collapsed on a corner has died.
The man was in an alley in the 2600 block of West Montgomery Avenue about 8 a.m. when he was shot in the face and chest.
Witnesses said they saw a car speeding from the area after the shooting.
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Beto Rodriguez, 28 shot dead

 Homicide occurred about 3 a.m. this morning in the 4900 block of South Wolcott Avenue in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said. Beto Rodriguez, 28, of the 4900 block of South Wolcott, was pronounced dead at 6:40 a.m. at the Stein Institute, according to the medical examiner's office.
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At least 5 shot in overnight violence on South Side

At least five people were shot and wounded in separate incidents on the South Side overnight, police said.
At 11:10 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a 27-year-old man was shot in the forearm in the 5200 block of South Justine Street, according to a news release from Chicago Police News Affairs. He was taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center where he was listed in good condition.
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At 11:50 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was critically wounded when he was shot in the head in the Englewood neighborhood. The teen was standing with a group of people in the 7000 block of South Eggleston Avenue when shots were fired and he was hit, according to a News Affairs release. The teen was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. No one else was injured, police said.
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At 2:32 a.m. in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood, a 26-year-old man was shot multiple times as he was standing outside in the 400 block of East 65th Street, according to a News Affairs news release. He suffered gunshot wounds to his leg, hand and back. He was taken the Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was listed in good condition.
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At 3:12 a.m. in the West Englewood neighborhood, two men were shot in the 7200 block of South Honore Street, according to a News Affairs release. An 18-year-old was shot in the back and a 28-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to his arm. Both went to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The 18-year-old's condition had stabilized; the 28-year-old was in good condition
No one was in custody for any incident and area detectives were investigating
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At least 3 wounded in South Side shootings

At least three people were wounded this afternoon and evening in separate shootings on the city's South Side, officials saidThe latest shooting happened about 8:35 p.m. on the 6400 block of South Racine Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood, police said.
 Preliminary reports said an 18-year-old man was shot in the arm. There was no information available about his condition or where he was taken for treatment.
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Earlier this afternoon, a 28-year-old man was shot in the hand on the 6200 block of South Paulina Street, police said.
 Preliminary reports said the man was walking on the street about 1:15 p.m. when someone approached and shot him. The man was taken in good condition to Holy Cross Hospital, police said.
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Shortly after 5 p.m., a 21-year old man was shot in his buttocks on the 2400 block of West 35th Street, police said.

That man was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.
 
As of 9:30 p.m., no one was in custody for any of the shootings. Wentworth Area detectives were investigating.
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18 YEAR OLD SHOT

At 11:18 p.m. in the Fuller Park neighborhood, an 18-year-old man was shot multiple times in the 4300 block of South Wells Street, according to a news release. The man was standing on the street when two males approached on foot and one shot at him, resulting in multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken in critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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1 killed, 4 shot in overnight violence

A man was killed and three other people were wounded in incidents around the city beginning late Friday.
At 10:13 p.m. Friday in the Pilsen neighborhood, a 17-year-old boy was shot in a drive-by in the 1800 block of South Allport Street, according to police News Affairs Ron Gaines.
The teen was on the street when a male passenger in a sport utility vehicle yelled gang slogans and fired shots, according to a release rom police News Affairs.
He suffered a gunshot wound to the back of his head and was taken in serious condition to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the release said.
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At 11:15 p.m. less than a mile away in the University Village neighborhood, two males were shot in the 1300 block of West 13th Street, Gaines said. A 22-year-old was fatally shot in the chest and head, police said.
The man was identified as Javone Oliphant, of the 5000 block of West Maypole Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. He was pronounced dead at 12:09 a.m. at Stroger.
Another man, 23, was shot in the leg and buttocks and taken in good condition to Stroger where he was treated and released, the release said.
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At 1:05 a.m. in the South Austin neighborhood, a person was shot in the leg in the 4800 block of West Walton Street, police said.
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At 2:03 a.m. also in South Austin, another person was shot in the leg in the 5300 block of West Ferdinand Street, police said.
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At 2:47 a.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a man possibly in his 40s was shot in the head near South Paulina and West 46th streets, Gaines said. No other information was immediately known.
No one was in custody for the shootings and area detecives were investigating.
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Boy, 16, slain in Brighton Park drive-by shooting

A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed late Wednesday in a drive-by shooting in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the city's Southwest Side, police said.
Juan Bautista, of 3522 S. Francisco Ave., was standing in an alley on the 3700 block of South Albany Avenue at about 9:50 p.m., when a dark-colored SUV drove by, police said, citing early reports.

Someone inside the vehicle opened fire, striking the boy in the back, police said. He was dead at the scene.
Police believe the shooting was gang related.
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Teen killed in South Side shooting

A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot Monday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

Killed was Christopher Clark, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Police said the teen was crossing the street on the 4500 block of South Hoyne Avenue around 6:40 p.m. when a gunman standing at a nearby alley opened fire, striking the victim in the chest.

Clark, of the 4800 block of South Seeley Avenue, was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead, a medical examiner’s spokeswoman said.

Clark was an 11th-grade student at Kelly High School this past school year, said Frank Shuftan, a spokesman for the Chicago Public Schools.

An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.

Police didn’t give a motive for the slaying. Clark is the third teen to be killed in the area this month. On June 13, Estavion Green, 18, was shot and killed on the 5300 block of South Wood Street. Two days prior, Torrence Wright, 20, was fatally shot on the 5200 block of South Wood Street.
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Family: Teen killed in S. Side shooting in 'safer' neighborhood

Kristopher Clark usually spent the summer at his grandparents’ house—not too far from his mother’s in Back of Yards, but in a safer neighborhood from his own, his mother said today.
Monday evening, as Clark, 17, walked from his grandmother’s house to the home of another relative he was shot to death trying to run for cover when someone opened fire from a nearby alley, said his mother, Quintella Watkins.
Clark was in summer school, getting ready for his senior year at Kelly High School, said his stepfather, Lamont Watkins. Clark loved music, and the movies “The Temptations” and “Why Do Fools Fall in Love,” and was considering attending a technical school and becoming a Commonwealth Edison line worker, his family said.
“Kris—he was just a quiet, quiet young man,” said Watkins, who has known Clark since he was 2 and has been married to Clark’s mother for five years. “We never had trouble with him. He wasn’t hanging with the wrong crowd or anything like that.”
Clark was on his way to the nearby home of his great-grandmother when someone came out of an alley and started shooting down the block, Quintella Watkins said.
Police said the teen was crossing the street on the 4500 block of South Hoyne Avenue around 6:40 p.m. Monday when the gunman opened fire, striking the teen. He died from a gunshot wound to his side, the Cook County medical examiner's office found following an autopsy today.
Clark, of the 4800 block of South Seeley Avenue, was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:46 p.m., a medical examiner’s spokeswoman said.

Clark was an 11th-grade student at Kelly High School this past school year, said Frank Shuftan, a spokesman for the Chicago Public Schools. Police said he had no known gang affiliation or arrest record.

Clark loved music so much that he knew all the words, music and dance moves from the movie “The Temptations,” his mother said. He attended Kelly High School in hope of becoming a basketball player there, after playing basketball in grammar school and at the Micek Playlot, 5311 S. Hamilton Ave., she said.
Clark had recently been trying to decide what to do after high school, and in recent months told his mother he was more interested in attending a technical school. She suggested perhaps training to become a ComEd line technician, and he recently told her he was interested, his mother said.
Quintella Watkins said she heard about her son’s shooting shortly after it happened, and was able to get to the scene before paramedics left, she said. Witnesses on the scene told her that when the shooting started, others in the area started hitting the ground, but Clark started running away to try to escape the gunfire, she said.
“He’s not the most street-smart,” Quintella Watkins said. “When everyone’s falling, he’s running.”
When Quintella Watkins arrived at the scene of the shooting, officials there weren’t immediately able to tell her which hospital her son might be taken for treatment—Stroger or Comer Children’s Hospital. She was not allowed to ride in the ambulance—usually that’s not allowed with advance-life support patients, according to the Chicago Fire Department—but drove to Stroger.
The ambulance carrying Clark hadn’t arrived, so thinking that he might be at Comer, his mother went there. When he was not there, she went back to the crime scene and tried to get information out of police.
At first, police would not speak to her, Quintella Watkins said, but detectives came over and told her Clark had been taken to Stroger after she threatened to sue the city, she said. She went back to Stroger, and at first officials there would not confirm whether Clark was still alive.
She was taken to a room with a curtain, and she opened it, Quintella Watkins said.
“When I pulled the curtain back, and I saw his little nose, I knew it was my baby,” she said.
Clark’s funeral is expected to be Thursday or Friday at Trinity United Church of Christ, his mother said. In addition to his mother and stepfather, he is survived by two sisters, ages 8 and 6.
Police didn’t give a motive for the slaying. Clark is the third young man to be killed in the area this month. On June 13, Estavion Green, 18, was shot and killed on the 5300 block of South Wood Street. Two days prior, Torrence Wright, 20, was fatally shot on the 5200 block of South Wood Street.
Police haven’t made any arrests and didn’t have a description of the gunman.

1 killed, 10 more injured in overnight shootings

A man was killed and at least 10 people were wounded in separate shootings around the city, beginning with a violent half hour on the South Side.
The one fatality occurred at 10:40 p.m. Saturday in the Englewood neighborhood, one of five shootings that occurred within 30 minutes Saturday night on the South Side. A man identified as Kent Richardson, 55, was fatally shot in the 6200 block of South Laflin Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office and police. He lived in the 1500 block of West 77th Street. He was pronounced dead at 12:43 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
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The string of South Side shootings began at 10:39 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood when two males were shot near the intersection of West 47th and South Ada streets, according to police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines. They were taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. Their ages and conditions were not immediately known.

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At 10:50 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a male suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen near the intersection of West 44th Street and South Marshfield Avenue. He was listed in stable conditon at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
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Finally at 11:01 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a 24-year-old man was shot in the adbomen in the 4400 block of South Honore Street. He was listed in serious conditon at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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Another South Side shooting occurred hours later, at 1:40 a.m. in the South Shore neighborhood. A 45-year-old man was driving when he suffered a gunshot wound to his shoulder near the intersection of East 76th Street and South Coles Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines.
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Meanwhile, on the West Side, at least five people were shot in a single incident in the 1300 block of South Springfield Avenue, according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Quention Curtis.
One man was shot in the arm, another suffered a graze wound to his leg, and a woman was shot in the leg, Gaines said. He did not immediately know the gender or conditions of the other two people shot. All of the people were adults, he said.

Curtis said that all of the victims were transported in good or good-to-fair condition to Mount Sinai Hospital and John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
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MORE OVER NIGHT VIOLENCE

At 4:16 a.m. in the Brighton Park neighborhood, two men were wounded during a fight in the 4600 block of South Fairfield Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli. During the course of the fight, the men were struck by bricks, Mirabelli said. A 31-year-old man was critically wounded and a 27-year-old man was listed in serious condition. Both went to Mount Sinai Hospital.
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At least 8 injured in overnight violence around the city

At least eight people were injured overnight in separate incidents around the city, police said.
Beginning at 11:40 p.m. in the Douglas Park neighborhood, a 28-year-old woman was shot in the back in the 1800 block of South Albany Avenue, according to a release from police News Affairs. She was listed in guarded condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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At 11:47 p.m. in the Gage Park neighborhood, an 18-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 3000 block of West 53rd Street. He was listed in stable condition at Mount Sinai.
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At 12:06 a.m. in the Gresham neighborhood, a 21-year-old man was shot in the abdomen in the 7600 block of South May Street during a possibly drive-by, police said. He was listed in critical condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
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At 1:28 a.m. in the Albany Park neighborhood, a 21-year-old man was shot in the chest in the 4400 North Monticello Avenue. He was listed in serious condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
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At 1:39 a.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, a 25-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 5400 block of South Halsted Street. He was listed in good condition at Provident Hospital of Cook County.
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At 1:41 a.m. in the South Shore neighborhood, a man in his 20s was stabbed near the intersection of East 69th Street and South Paxton Avenue, police said. He was listed in stable condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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At 1:53 a.m. in the South Austin neighborhood, an 18-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 100 block of North Pine Avenue. He was listed in stable condition at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park.
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Man shot dead in Bridgeport (Taken out like the white trash he was)

A 33-year-old gang member out on parole for multiple burglary convictions was gunned down in the city's Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side, police said today.
Killed was Jeremy Colanto, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. Court records list his last known address as the 7500 block of North Sheridan Road.
A medical examiner's spokeswoman gave Colanto's last name as Colanco, an alias he previously used, police said.
Colanto was standing on the street in the 3100 block of South Green Street at about 10:18 p.m. Monday when a passenger in a black van jumped out of the vehicle and opened fire, police said.
Colanto, who was struck in the back, ran a short distance before collapsing on the street and dying at the scene, police said.
The black van fled north on Poplar Avenue.
Colanto was released from the Lawrence Correctional Center last August after serving four years of a 10-year sentence for residential burglary, according to state records. He had numerous convictions for residential burglary dating back to 1999, court records show.
Investigators suspect that Colanto was targeted by a rival gang, but hadn't made any arrests.
An autopsy is scheduled for this morning
SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE 9th DISTRICT Beat 924 (Jan. 1, 2011-June 13, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 47
Robbery- 25
Gun Arrests-3

Clerk shot, killed in Englewood store

A clerk at an Englewood neighborhood convenience store was shot and killed Saturday night in what was suspected to be an armed robbery, officials said this morning.
The 48-year-old store employee was shot in the back inside Max's Food Mart in the 1100 block of West Garfield Boulevard at about 8 p.m., police said.
The man was taken in serious-to-critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, but later died, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
The man hadn't been identified as of 1:40 a.m., an office spokesman said. An autopsy is scheduled for later today.
While police initially believed the shooting may have occurred during a robbery, it wasn't immediately clear that a robbery had taken place, according to a police source.
Preliminary reports said four teens were seen fleeing the scene, but police didn't have a detailed description of the gunman.
MURDER OCCURED IN THE 9th DISTRICT Beat 934 (Jan. 1, 2011-June 10, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 1
Drug Arrests- 134
Robbery- 22
Gun Arrests-16

Man, 18, fatally shot on South Side street

An 18-year-old man was fatally shot on a street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said this morning.

Authorities said the victim was talking with a friend around 8:30 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Wood Street, when a gunman approached from behind and shot the man in the back of the head at close range.

The victim, Estavion Green, of the 5400 block of South Wood Street, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Police describe the gunman as an African-American male, about 17 years old, about 5-foot-7 inches tall with short dreadlocks. He was last scene wearing a White T-shirt with khaki pants and fled the scene in a maroon-colored vehicle believed to be a Chevrolet Lumina.
No arrests had been made in the shooting and police offered no motive.
The shooting was only a block away from where a man was fatally shot after a block party over the weekend.
SHOOTING ARREST  OCCURED IN THE 9th DISTRICT Beat 932 (Jan. 1, 2011-June 3, 2011)
Shooting- 3
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 92
Robbery- 11
Gun Arrests-5