2 men shot in Austin neighborhood

Two men were reported shot in what was believed to be an attempted robbery this afternoon in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Fire officials were called to the area of Chicago and Leamington Avenues before 2:30 p.m. where two people had been reported shot, according to a Fire Department spokesman. He had no further information.
Two men, one believed to be in his 30s, the other believed to be in his 40s, were shot about 2;15 p.m. in the 800 block of North Leamington Avenue in what was believed to have been an attempted armed robbery.
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Man shot on West Van Buren

At about 12:15 a.m., a 31-year-old man was shot in a separate incident on the 5200 block of West Van
Buren Street. A bullet grazed his arm and he was taken to Loretto Hospital in good condition
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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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Man killed in West Side shooting

A 28-year-old man was pronounced dead this evening after he was shot multiple times in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
The shooting happened shortly after 6 p.m. on the 700 block of North Parkside Avenue.
 Preliminary reports stated the man was shot several times in his head, neck and shoulder. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Man shot, killed In Austin

A 32-year-old man was shot and killed in a flurry of gunshots early this morning on a West Side sidewalk.
The man, who has not yet been officially identified, was in the 5400 block of West Division Street in the North Austin neighborhood about 1:45 a.m. this morning when another male approached on foot and began shooting.
The victim suffered gunshot wounds to the neck, head and back and was pronounced dead after being transported to Mount Sinai Hospital.
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Boy, 3, dead after West Side domestic incident

A 3-year-old boy was stabbed to death and his mother injured in an apparent domestic incident with the boy's father on the West Side.
The incident happened at about 11:15 a.m. in the 5000 block of West Division Street.
 The man who stabbed them is believed to be the boy's father and may have jumped from a second-story window to elude officers.
Police have him in custody. The child is identified as Jaivon Sandifer, 3, of the 5000 block of West Division Street.
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Man wounded in police-involved shooting

A 20-year-old man was hospitalized in serious-to-critical condition this afternoon after being shot in a police-involved shooting in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Fire paramedics were called to the 5600 block of West Augusta Boulevard at 1:18 p.m..
Austin police district tactical officers were conducting an investiation in the area of Parkside Avenue and Augusta Boulevard when they saw a man individual holding an object they believed to be a handgun in the rear of a home on the 900 block of N. Parkside. The officers pursued the man who fled up the rear stairs.
One officer fired his weapon and struck the man who sustained non-life threatening injuries and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. Initial reports indicated that the man may have been shot in the chest and hand
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Woman shot in Austin neighborhood

A woman was shot and wounded Sunday night in the city's Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Police said the woman, 47, was sitting on her front porch just after 8:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of North Massasoit Avenue, when a gunshot rang out and she was hit in her right shoulder. The victim ran into her home and called police.
She was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood and was listed in good condition.
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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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Boy, 14, killed in West Side shooting

A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot this afternoon in the Austin neighborhood, officials. Joseph Price of the 600 block of North Laramie Avenue was pronounced dead at 2:45 p.m. at Mount Sinai Hospitale. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
The teen was shot at about 2 p.m. by an unknown person on the 500 block of North Long Avenue.
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Cops seize $100,000 worth of marijuana on West Side

About $100,000 of marijuana was seized from a West Side residence early this morning.
Police said they executed a search warrant at the residence in the 700 block of North Laramie Avenue in the Austin neighborhood about 12:30 a.m. and arrested Claude Washington, 32, there.
Officers found large black garbage bags with approximately 35 pounds of vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis, police said, as well as several weapons.
Washington was charged with the felony manufacture and delivery of more than 5,000 grams of cannabis, illegal firearms possession by a felon and misdemeanor drug and weapons charges.
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Man shot to death after injuring 2 officers in Austin neighborhood

A man was fatally shot by police, and two officers were injured, during a confrontation following a domestic disturbance in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side this afternoon.
About 1:40 p.m. police were called to the 300 block of North Latrobe Avenue for a domestic disturbance involving a knife, and when officers tried to interview the suspect he started fighting, repeatedly striking one of the officers in the face.
During the struggle the officer fired his gun, striking the suspect.
The man was taken in serious-to-critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The man, in his 30s, was later declared dead at the hospital.
The two officers were taken local hospitals, at least one to Northwestern Memorial Hospital -- one in good-to-fair condition, the other in fair-to-serious condition. ThevOfficers were not shot.
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 spokesman Pat Camden said a sergeant shot a man after a struggle that came after an attempt to handcuff the suspect.
Police responded to a call of a man with a knife in the 300 North Latrobe Avenue, Camden said. Two squad cars, one with a woman officer, the other with a sergeant, responded.
On arrival, the officers confronted the man, Camden said. At some point, the sergeant put a handcuff on the man’s wrist, Camden said. The man then at first became belligerent, then became violent, Camden said.
The female officer took out pepper spray, and tried to disable the man, unsuccessfully, Camden said. The man attacked the sergeant, and at some point was able to get on top of the sergeant, beating him about the head and shoulders, Camden said.
The sergeant said to the officer, “shoot him, shoot him.” But the officer was reluctant to fire because she was afraid of shooting the sergeant, Camden said.
Soon after, the sergeant was able to get his gun out and fired at the attacker, fatally wounding him, Camden said.
The sergeant was taken to Northwestern for treatment of injuries in the attack, as well as for injuries from the pepper spray, Camden said. The female officer was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park for treatment of minor injuries.
Killed was Claude A. Ellis, 35, of the 300 block of North Latrobe Avenue in the Austin  neighborhood, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Ellis had numerous arrests and several convictions for drug-related and violent offenses, including once pleading guilty to a charge of home invasion in exchange for prosecutors dropping an aggravated battery charge, court records show.
Records also show Ellis has been the subject of protective orders dating to the early 1990s. In 1993, at age 17, after being accused of violating a protective order, a judge ordered Ellis to undergo a behavioral exam and later found him unfit to stand trial.
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Man shot dead in Austin neighborhood

The  homicide happened about 7:12 p.m. Friday night in the 5400 block of West Washington Boulevard on the West Side. The victim, identified as Ewonte Butler, 18, of the 500 block of North Laramie Avenue, was standing on the street when someone rode up on a bike and fired shots.
Butler sustained numerous wounds to the back.
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2 men shot on West Side

Three men got into an argument about 5:30 a.m. today in the 5100 block of West Monroe Street in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side when one of the men pulled out a gun and shot the other two, police said. Both victims were taken to Loretto Hospital. One, 39, was in fair condition with a gunshot wound to the leg; the other, 27, was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the chest.
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Woman dies after being shot on West Side

A 60-year-old woman was pronounced dead this evening after she was shot in the chest on the city's West Side in the Austin neighborhood.
The shooting happened about 6:20 p.m. on the 1100 block of North Menard Avenue, saud Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.
Preliminary reports said the woman was taken in critical condition to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood with gunshot wounds to her chest and abdomen.  A spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said they were notified of her death.
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According to preliminary reports, the woman, later identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Robin Winston of the 1100 block of North Menard Avenue, was shot in her chest and abdomen and taken in critical condition to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. She was pronounced dead at 6:52 p.m

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4 wounded in separate South, West Side shootings

Four people were wounded in separate shootings over the afternoon and evening on the city's South and West sides, officials said.
The latest shooting happened shortly before 8 p.m. on the 3800 block of West Roosevelt Road in the city's Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
Preliminary reports stated a 32-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk when someone pulled up in a vehicle and shot him.
The man suffered wounds to his thigh and shoulder and was taken in serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.
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About 7:15 p.m., a teen was shot on the South Side in the city's Marquette Park neighborhood, police said.
That shooting occurred on the 7100 block of South California Avenue. Preliminary reports said the youth, 17, was discovered with a gunshot wound to his buttocks. He was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital.
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Another teen was shot shortly after 6 p.m. on the South Side in the city's Calumet Heights neighborhood.
That shooting happened on the 9000 block of South Yates Boulevard, police said. Preliminary reports stated the youth was walking on the street when he heard shots and realized he had been shot in the face.
The boy was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital where he was listed in good condition, police said.
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Earlier in the dafternoon, a 25-year-old man was shot on the West Side in the city's Austin neighborhood, police said.
That shooting happened about 3:35 p.m. on the 100 block of North Latrobe Avenue. Preliminary reports said the man was taken in serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital with wounds to his buttocks.
As of 10:45 p.m., no one was in custody for any of the shootings. Calumet Area, Wentworth Area, Harrison Area and Grand Central Area detectives are investigating.
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Woman critically hurt in West Side shooting

A young woman was critically injured this morning in a shooting on the city's West Side, according to Chicago police.
According to early reports, the 21-year-old woman was standing on the sidewalk in the 4800 block of West Augusta Boulevard just before 1 a.m. when shots were fired from a nearby vehicle, police said.
The woman, who was struck in the back and side, was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.
Police could only describe the vehicle where the gunshots came from as light-colored. Police hadn't made any arrests. The motive for the shooting remained unclear.
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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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Man shot in attempted robbery at Blue Line station

A 22-year-old man was shot this morning during an attempted stickup at a Blue Line 'L' station on the city's West Side, police said.

The shooting happened at about 12:45 a.m. on a ramp leading down to the train platform at the Blue Line's Pulaski stop at 503 S. Pulaski Road, police said.

The would-be robber approached the victim on the ramp and demanded cash at gunpoint, but shot the victim before he could get anything, police said.

The gunshots hit the victim in the abdomen and thigh, said police spokesman Officer Hector Alfaro.

The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital in stable condition. The would-be robber fled the scene on foot.
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