Two boys, 11 and 14, shot in Avondale

Two boys, ages 11 and 14, were shot while standing on a porch in the city’s Avondale neighborhood Thursday night.
A man or boy in a dark-colored SUV drove past the residence in the 3200 block of North Albany Avenue and fired shots at about 9:15 p.m..
Both victims suffered graze wounds -- the 11-year-old to his ankle and the older boy to his right leg -- and were treated at the scene.
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Humboldt Park attack leaves boy, 14, on life support

A 14-year-old boy was bludgeoned in the head Tuesday night while walking home from studying with his girlfriend in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

 He is on life support early Wednesday at Children’s Memorial Hospital.

 It happened about 9:15 p.m. at 2930 W. Bloomingdale Ave., according to Shakespeare District police Capt. Marc Buslik.

 The boy and the 14-year-old girl had been at his home doing their homework prior to the incident. After studying, he walked her to her home located a few blocks away. They walked her dog for a while before he left, but they two stayed on the phone until she heard “some kind of commotion and then nothing,” according to Buslik.

 She became worried and went out to look for him and discovered him lying on the ground unconscious, bleeding from the head, said Buslik. She called 911, and authorities initially thought he had been shot. Paramedics rushed him to Children’s Memorial Hospital where he is on life support early Wednesday, the captain said.
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 Doctors said the boy has a “silver dollar sized” hole in his head from being hit with either a bat or a sledgehammer, the captain said.

The boy attends Phoenix Military Academy and is not involved with gangs. Police have no idea why he was targeted, and nothing was taken from him, Buslik said.

No weapon was found and nothing was taken from the child.

“He is a straight kid,” said Buslik of the victim. “It appears he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.It’s a real shame.”

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1 shot, 1 killed in Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting

Two men were shot, one fatally, in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side this morning.
The shooting happend at about 10:30 a.m. in the 3400 block of West North Avenue. They were taken to Mount Sinai and Stroger hospitals, where one was later pronounced dead.
Joseph Hernandez, 25, of the 3000 block of North Monticello Avenue was pronounced dead at 12:20 p.m
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Good Samaritans come help woman being attacked

Two people who heard a woman screaming for help as she was being attacked in the Palmer Square neighborhood ran to her aid and chased her assailant.
The attack took place at gunpoint about 10 p.m. Wednesday in the 2900 block of West Belden Avenue.
Police have issued a community alert asking for the public's help in finding the suspect, described as an Hispanic man between 17 and 20 years old, 5-foot-7, 185 pounds with a dark complexion, a fade haircut and "permanently shrugged shoulders with little or no neck visible. He was wearing a checkered or striped shirt, possibly white and orange or white and red, and tan cargo shorts.
Police said the man pushed the woman into a gangway and began to attack her as she screamed for help. Two people in the area heard her screams and ran to her assistance as one of them called 911, police said.
They then chased the man on foot. At one point he pointed his gun at his pursuers. He was last seen running north on Sacramento Avenue near Medill Avenue.
The assailant, wanted for aggravated criminal sexual assault, was also seen following another woman in the 2300 block of North Milwaukee Avenue shortly before the attack.
Anyone with information is asked to call Grand Central Area detectives at 312-746-8282.
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2 men shot in Bucktown neighborhood

Two men were shot about 4 a.m. in the 1900 block of West North Avenue in the Bucktown neighborhood on the Near Northwest Side. A 29-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the stomach is in good condition at Stroger, and a 39-year-old with wounds to the head and chest is in good conditin at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center.
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Shots fired at U.S. marshals serving warrant in Logan Square

A suspect was in custody this morning after shots were fired as U.S. deputy marshals were serving an arrest warrant in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, according to officials.
At least four deputy marshals were serving the warrant in the 1800 block of N. St. Louis Avenue around 6:30 a.m. when someone opened fire, according to Belkis Cantor, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Marshal's office in Chicago.
The deputy marshals did not return fire, she said.
The gunman fled to the 1800 block of North Drake, where he was arrested, according to Cantor and Chicago police.
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Man slain after attending wake for gang member

A 23-year-old man was found fatally shot this morning in a Logan Square alley after he and another man were fired on while returning from the wake of a recently killed gangmember, police said.
Emigdio Ortega, of the 2600 block of North Fairfield Avenue, was found by police in an alley on the 2700 block of North Albany Avenue, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Ortega and another man who is a known gangmember were walking from the home of a gangmember who was recently killed in an unrelated incident, police said. There is no indication that Ortega was a gang member, according to police and records.
The two men were confronted on the 3100 block of West Schubert Avenue about 4 a.m. when another man came out of a gangway and began shooting at them, police said.
Ortega and his companion  separated and ran to avoid being shot.
Officers responding to a call about the shots being fired were flagged down by the surviving man, who was not wounded, near the Blue Line CTA station on Milwaukee Avenue, police said.
Police found Ortega's body in the alley; he had sustained a gunshot wound to his shoulder and his right elbow, police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene about 5:30 a.m., police said.
The offender is described as a light-skin Hispanic man in his 20s between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing between 150 to 160 pounds, and wearing a red cap and red jacket, police said.
An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, officials said.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 14th DISTRICT Beat 1411 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 11, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 14
Robbery- 9
Gun Arrests-0

1 killed, 1 critically injured in NW Side shooting

One man was fatally shot and a second was critically wounded this afternoon in the city’s Avondale neighborhood, police said.

The victims were in the area of the 3000 block of North California Avenue when they were shot at about 1:50 p.m., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Anne Dwyer.
Both victims -- a 22-year-old man shot in the head and a 21-year-old man shot in the chest -- were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition.
The 21-year-old victim, identified as Jesus Gamboa of the 2900 block of North Washtenaw Avenue -- was later pronounced dead there, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office
An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.
In preliminary reports there was some confusion regarding the victims, initially reported as both men before the younger victim was reported being female. Police later said that both victims were indeed men.
Police believe the shooting was gang-related, Dwyer said, although she could not provide additional details.

Grand Central Area detectives were investigating

SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 14th DISTRICT Beat 1411 (Jan. 1, 2011-May 11, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 14
Robbery- 9
Gun Arrests-0

2 Men Shot in Logan Square

At 10:43 p.m. in

Logan Square

, two men were shot in the abdomen in the 3500 block of

West Medill Avenue

, a release said. No other details were immediately available.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 14th DISTRICT Beat 1413 (Jan. 1, 2011-April 22, 2011)
Shooting- 2
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 16
Robbery- 6
Gun Arrests-1

Deputy U.S. marshal shoots man on NW Side

An off-duty deputy U.S. marshal shot and wounded a man tonight in the city's Northwest Side, officials said.

The shooting occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of North Bingham Street, said Chicago police, correcting early reports that the shooting happened on nearby Milwaukee Avenue.

The 20-year-old man who was shot in the upper thigh was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in serious-to-critical condition, said police spokesman Officer Veejay Zala.
Two off-duty deputy U.S. marshals were on Bingham when they saw the 20-year-old man, carrying a handgun and chasing after someone, Zala said.
The federal officers approached with their weapons drawn and identified themselves to the gunman, Zala said. When the gunman turned around still holding the weapon, one of the marshals opened fire, striking the man, Zala said.
Belkis Cantor, a spokeswoman with the U.S. Marshals Service Chicago office, confirmed the shooting, but wasn’t immediately able to confirm the police information or provide additional details.
SHOOTING  OCCURED IN THE 14th DISTRICT Beat 1431 (Jan. 1, 2011-April 22, 2011)
Shooting- 1
Homicide- 0
Drug Arrests- 4
Robbery- 8
Gun Arrests-3